Implicit and Explicit Stances in Logic.

We identify a pervasive contrast between implicit and explicit stances in logical analysis and system design. Implicit systems change received meanings of logical constants and sometimes also the notion of consequence, while explicit systems conservatively extend classical systems with new vocabular...

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Publicado en:Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 571 - 602
Autor principal: van Benthem, Johan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2019
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          Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94242, 1090, Amsterdam, GE, The Netherlands
          Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
          Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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        Philosophical analysis
        Systems design
        Vocabulary
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        Pluralism
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      ab: We identify a pervasive contrast between implicit and explicit stances in logical analysis and system design. Implicit systems change received meanings of logical constants and sometimes also the notion of consequence, while explicit systems conservatively extend classical systems with new vocabulary. We illustrate the contrast for intuitionistic and epistemic logic, then take it further to information dynamics, default reasoning, and other areas, to show its wide scope. This gives a working understanding of the contrast, though we stop short of a formal definition, and acknowledge limitations and borderline cases. Throughout we show how awareness of the two stances suggests new logical systems and new issues about translations between implicit and explicit systems, linking up with foundational concerns about identity of logical systems. But we also show how a practical facility with these complementary working styles has philosophical consequences, as it throws doubt on strong philosophical claims made by just taking one design stance and ignoring alternative ones. We will illustrate the latter benefit for the case of logical pluralism and hyper-intensional semantics.
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