Psychology and Time in Boole’s Logic

IF 0.5 3区哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

History and Philosophy of Logic Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/01445340.2022.2084597

A. Stone

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Abstract

In the Laws of Thought, Boole establishes a theory of secondary propositions based upon the notion of time. This temporal interpretation of secondary propositions has historically been met with wide disapproval and is usually dismissed in the modern literature as a philosophical non-starter. What was Boole thinking? This paper attempts to give an answer to this question. Specifically, it provides an account according to which Boole’s temporal interpretation follows from his psychologistic conception of logic, in addition to certain background assumptions regarding the psychological necessity of the concept of time. Once Boole’s psychological premises are laid bare, it becomes clearer how he might have viewed the temporal interpretation to be an essential feature of his theory of secondary propositions.

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布尔逻辑中的心理与时间

在《思想法则》中，布尔建立了一个基于时间概念的次要命题理论。这种对次要命题的时间性解释在历史上遭到了广泛的反对，并且在现代文学中通常被认为是哲学上的非起点。布尔在想什么？本文试图回答这个问题。具体而言，它提供了一种解释，根据这种解释，布尔的时间解释源于他的心理学逻辑概念，以及关于时间概念的心理必要性的某些背景假设。一旦布尔的心理学前提暴露出来，他可能会更清楚地认为时间解释是他的二次命题理论的一个基本特征。

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History and Philosophy of Logic 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： History and Philosophy of Logic contains articles, notes and book reviews dealing with the history and philosophy of logic. ’Logic’ is understood to be any volume of knowledge which was regarded as logic at the time in question. ’History’ refers back to ancient times and also to work in this century; however, the Editor will not accept articles, including review articles, on very recent work on a topic. ’Philosophy’ refers to broad and general questions: specialist articles which are now classed as ’philosophical logic’ will not be published. The Editor will consider articles on the relationship between logic and other branches of knowledge, but the component of logic must be substantial. Topics with no temporal specification are to be interpreted both historically and philosophically. Each topic includes its own metalogic where appropriate.