Generality and Logical Constancy

Generality and Logical Constancy

• Type	Journal Article
  Author	Philip Corkum
  Rights	© 2015 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2015 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  Volume	71
  Issue	4
  Pages	753-768
  Publication	Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  ISSN	0870-5283; 2183-461X
  Date	2015
  DOI	10.17990/rpf/2015_71_4_0753
  Language	English
  Abstract	Resumo: As verdades lógicas são paradigmaticamente consideradas de tipo tópico-neutral. Nós argumentamos que a tópico-neutralidade da verdade lógica entre duas concepções distintas é ambígua. Na primeira concepção, a verdade é um tópico-neutral se for caracterizada pela abstracção de todo o seu conteúdo semântico. Na segunda concepção, a verdade é um tópico-neutral se for caracterizada pela abstracção das identidades específicas das coisas. Discutimos a importância desta distinção para os critérios de “constância lógica” de Peacocke, pensados em termos de condições de cognoscibilidade apriorística.  Palavras-chave: conhecimento a priori, consequência lógica, constantes lógicas, tópico neutralidade, verdade lógica  Abstract: Logical truths are paradigmatically topic-neutral. I argue that topic-neutrality is ambiguous between two conceptions. Under one conception, a truth is topic-neutral if it is characterized by its abstraction from all semantic content whatsoever; according to another conception, a truth is topic-neutral if it is abstracted from the specific identities of things. I’ll discuss the significance of this distinction for Peacocke’s criterion for logical constancy drawn in terms of a priori knowability conditions.  Keywords: logical truth, logical constants, logical consequence, a priori knowledge, topic neutrality
  Date Added	28/07/2015, 12:02:05
  Modified	10/12/2015, 15:27:32

  Tags:

  • a priori knowledge
  • logical consequence
  • logical constants
  • logical truth
  • topic neutrality

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