Overview
- Offers a comprehensive introduction to inferentialism in logic
- Situates logic and reasoning in the context of dialogue
- Discusses a novel approach to logical paradox and logical revision
- Uses techniques from proof-theory, category theory, topos theory, and computer science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 33)
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This book argues for a view in which processes of dialogue and interaction are taken to be foundational to reasoning, logic, and meaning. This is both a continuation, and a substantial modification, of an inferentialist approach to logic. As such, the book not only provides a critical introduction to the inferentialist view, but it also provides an argument that this shift in perspective has deep and foundational consequences for how we understand the nature of logic and its relationship with meaning and reasoning. This has been upheld by several technical results, including, for example a novel approach to logical paradox and logical revision, and an account of the internal justification of logical rules. The book shows that inferentialism is greatly strengthened, such that it can answer the most stringent criticisms of the view. This leads to a view of logic that emphasizes the dynamics of reasoning, provides a novel account of the justification and normativity of logical rules, thus leading to a new, attractive approach to the foundations of logic. The book addresses readers interested in philosophy of language, philosophical and mathematical logic, theories of reasoning, and also those who actively engage in current debates involving, for example, logical revision, and the relationship between logic and reasoning, from advanced undergraduates, to professional philosophers, mathematicians, and linguists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Meaning in Dialogue
Book Subtitle: An Interactive Approach to Logic and Reasoning
Authors: James Trafford
Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47205-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47204-1Published: 02 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83679-9Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47205-8Published: 24 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 230
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Logic, Theoretical Linguistics, Mathematical Logic and Foundations, Political Theory