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The adoption problem and anti-exceptionalism about logic

The adoption problem and anti-exceptionalism about logic
The adoption problem and anti-exceptionalism about logic
Anti-exceptionalism about logic takes logic to be, as the name suggests, unexceptional. Rather, in naturalist fashion, the anti-exceptionalist takes logic to be continuous with science, and considers logical theories to be adoptable and revisable accordingly. On the other hand, the Adoption Problem aims to show that there is something special about logic that sets it apart from scientific theories, such that it cannot be adopted in the way the anti-exceptionalist proposes. In this paper I assess the damage the Adoption Problem causes for anti-exceptionalism, and show that it is also problematic for exceptionalist positions too. My diagnosis of why the Adoption Problem affects both positions is that the self-governance of basic logical rules of inference prevents them from being adoptable, regardless of whether logic is exceptional or not.
1448-5052
1-21
Finn, Suki
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Finn, Suki
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Finn, Suki (2018) The adoption problem and anti-exceptionalism about logic. The Australasian Journal of Logic, 1-21. (In Press)

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Anti-exceptionalism about logic takes logic to be, as the name suggests, unexceptional. Rather, in naturalist fashion, the anti-exceptionalist takes logic to be continuous with science, and considers logical theories to be adoptable and revisable accordingly. On the other hand, the Adoption Problem aims to show that there is something special about logic that sets it apart from scientific theories, such that it cannot be adopted in the way the anti-exceptionalist proposes. In this paper I assess the damage the Adoption Problem causes for anti-exceptionalism, and show that it is also problematic for exceptionalist positions too. My diagnosis of why the Adoption Problem affects both positions is that the self-governance of basic logical rules of inference prevents them from being adoptable, regardless of whether logic is exceptional or not.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 April 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 428413
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428413
ISSN: 1448-5052
PURE UUID: 892d5f2b-8cba-40ed-b74c-724f1c2ff688

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Date deposited: 22 Feb 2019 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 07:35

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Author: Suki Finn

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