Logical Instrumentalism and Anti-exceptionalism about Logic

IF 0.8 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

ERKENNTNIS Pub Date : 2023-11-07 DOI:10.1007/s10670-023-00752-w

Leon Commandeur

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Abstract

Abstract This paper critically examines logical instrumentalism as it has been put forth recently in the anti-exceptionalism about logic debate. I will argue that if one wishes to uphold the claim that logic is significantly similar to science, as the anti-exceptionalists have it, then logical instrumentalism cannot be what previous authors have taken it to be. The reason for this, I will argue, is that as the position currently stands, first, it reduces to a trivial claim about the instrumental value of logical systems, and second, by its denial that logic aims to account for extra-systemic phenomena it significantly differs from science, in contrast with the AEL agenda. I will conclude by proposing a different kind of logical instrumentalism that I take to have a broad appeal, but especially for anti-exceptionalists, for it is developed as analogous to—and thus much closer aligned with—scientific instrumentalism.

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逻辑的工具主义与反例外论

摘要本文对近年来在反例外论的逻辑论争中提出的逻辑工具主义进行了批判性的考察。我要说的是，如果一个人希望支持逻辑与科学非常相似的说法，就像反例外论者所认为的那样，那么逻辑工具主义就不可能是以前的作者所认为的那样。我认为，其原因在于，就目前的立场而言，首先，它简化为一个关于逻辑系统的工具价值的琐碎主张，其次，通过否认逻辑旨在解释系统外现象，它与科学有很大的不同，与AEL议程相反。最后，我将提出一种不同的逻辑工具主义，我认为它具有广泛的吸引力，尤其是对反例外论者来说，因为它的发展类似于科学工具主义，因此更接近于科学工具主义。

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ERKENNTNIS PHILOSOPHY-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

116

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