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Sound Reasoning (Literally): Prospects and Challenges of Current Acoustic Logics

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Building on the notational principles of C. S. Peirce’s graphical logic, Pietarinen has tried to develop a propositional logic unfolding in the medium of sound. Apart from its intrinsic interest, this project serves as a concrete test of logic’s range. However, I argue that Pietarinen’s inaugural proposal, while promising, has an important shortcoming, since it cannot portray double-negation without thereby portraying a contradiction.

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Champagne, M. Sound Reasoning (Literally): Prospects and Challenges of Current Acoustic Logics. Log. Univers. 9, 331–343 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-015-0127-7

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