Wolff's book defends the Kantian idea of a "general logic" whose
principles underlie special systems of deductive logic. It thus
undermines "logical pluralism," which tolerates the co-existence of
divergent systems of modern logic without asking for consistent common
principles. Part I of Wolff’s book identifies the formal language in
which the most general principles of logic must be expressed. This
language turns out to be a version of syllogistic language already
used by Aristotle. The universal validity of logical principles, as
well as the translatability of other logical languages into this
language, are shown to depend only on the meanings of its logical
vocabulary. Part II of the book answers the metalogical question
concerning the deductive relation between general logic and special
logical systems, which also have their own (less general) principles.
This part identifies the rules according to which logical rules can be
derived from principles. The main result of the book is that the
highest principles of logic and metalogics are provided by the
syllogistic, when properly understood.
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A Defense of Logical Monism
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783110785104
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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