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The paper presents an outline of a unified answer to five questions concerning logic: (1) Is logic in the mind or in the world? (2) Does logic need a foundation? What is the main obstacle to a foundation for logic? Can it be overcome? (3) How does logic work? What does logical form represent? Are logical constants referential? (4) Is there a criterion of logicality? (5) What is the relation between logic and mathematics?
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This paper was presented at the Jean Nicod Institute (Paris), UC Santa Cruz, Pacific APA Symposium (Vancouver), and the Society of Exact Philosophy (Edmonton). I would like to thank the audiences, and in particular my commentators at the APA Symposium, Philip Hanson and Marcus Rossberg. Special thanks go to Clinton Tolley and Peter Sher.
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Sher, G. Is logic in the mind or in the world?. Synthese 181, 353–365 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-010-9796-1
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