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dc.contributor.authorCook, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-12T22:47:28Z
dc.date.available2013-09-12T22:47:28Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/2861
dc.description.abstractOne question often asked by philosophers is “Might the laws of logic have been different?” That is, are such laws contingent? An affirmative answer to this question in the language of possible world’s semantics would be “There are worlds at which the laws of logic fail to obtain.” For example, our interlocutor here may say that there are worlds at which, say, the conjunction of ‘P ⊃ Q’ with ‘P’ fails to entail ‘Q’ —worlds at which Modus Ponens is invalid. In this paper I’d like to briefly sketch a view which I believe excludes such a possibility. I shall call it the “Worlds-Function View” of the laws of logic. Just why I call it this should become apparent in the proceeding discussion.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Central Floridaen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectLogicen_US
dc.titleAre the Laws of Logic Contingent?en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
mus.citation.conferenceInternational Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1
mus.citation.extentlastpage6
mus.identifier.categoryHumanities, Literature & Arts
mus.relation.collegeCollege of Letters & Science
mus.relation.departmentHistory, Philosophy & Religious Studies.en_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US


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