RT Journal Article
T1 Naive modus ponens
A1 Zardini, Elia
AB The paper is concerned with a logical difficulty which Lionel Shapiro’s deflationist theory of logical consequence (as well as the author’s favoured, non-deflationist theory) gives rise to. It is argued that Shapiro’s noncontractive approach to solving the difficulty, although correct in its broad outlines, is nevertheless extremely problematic in some of its specifics, in particular in its failure to validate certain intuitive rules and laws associated with the principle of modus ponens. An alternative non-contractive theory is offered which does not suffer from the same problem.Received 10 May 2011 ; Accepted 12 June 2012 ; Published 12 July 2012.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0022-3611
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131438
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131438
LA eng
NO Zardini, E. Naive Modus Ponens . J Philos Logic 42, 575–593 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-012-9239-1
NO In writing it, I have benefitted, at different stages, from a UNAM Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and an AHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
NO Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
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