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One True Logic is the first monograph to explicitly articulate a version of logical monism and defend it against the challenge from logical pluralism, according to which there is more than one correct logic.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1: Conceptions of Logical Consequence
- 2: What is Monism?
- 3: Against Pluralism
- 4: The L¿G¿S Hypothesis
- 5: Beyond the Finitary
- 6: Isomorphism Invariance
- 7: Towards the One True Logic
- 8: The Heterogeneity Objection
- 9: The Overgeneration Objection
- 10: The Absoluteness Objection
- 11: The Intensional Objection
- Conclusion
About the author
Owen Griffiths is a philosopher of logic and language, and a lecturer at University College London and the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several research articles and chapters in collected volumes, and winner of a 2022 Pilkington Prize for outstanding teaching at the University of Cambridge.
A. C. Paseau is the Stuart Hampshire Fellow at Wadham College and Professor of Mathematical Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Author of more than 50 research articles and reviews, he has also edited the 5-volume anthology Philosophy of Mathematics (Routledge 2017) and co-edited the collection Mathematical Knowledge (OUP 2007).
Summary
One True Logic is the first monograph to explicitly articulate a version of logical monism and defend it against the challenge from logical pluralism, according to which there is more than one correct logic.
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a bold and original book. Its discussion of foundational questions about logic is detailed and mathematically rigorous. At the same time, it is admirably clear and approachable. It is also fun to read. Its uncompromising style ...its precise argumentation, and its dialectical clarity make it an engaging and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of logical consequence... full of original arguments worthy of discussion... a fascinating and rich book.
