Three Studies in the Philosophy of Logic

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Abstract

Three studies on the philosophy of logic, three conundrums: What do we mean exactly by the notion of “form” in formal logic? What must be left unsaid, when a given form is incomplete? And what do formless arguments, those without a form, are in want of? In these respective essays, I make the case that many other knowledge fields have contaminated the system of logic; that arguments are living desires; and that the soul apprehends not a form, but the surface of a figure. An overarching critique runs across all essays: I believe that the concept of identity is inadequate to cover the full range of linguistic expression in the practice of argumentation. I propose another interpretation to the cognitive stance toward logic: that intuition is the basis of judgment and moral belief, of intelligence and motivation.

Author

• Pascal Gagne, U of Colorado