No Logic before Friday

Logic is concerned with arguments, & though R. Crusoe may have constructed derivations, he could not engage in argument until Friday joined him. The communicative context essential to argumentation is often neglected by various philosophical traditions. A system of dialogue designed to explain t...

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Published in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 1985-06, Vol.63 (3), p.329-341
Main Author: Mackenzie, Jim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dialogism
Inference
Language
Literary dialogue
Locution
Logic
Logical proofs
Modus ponens
Rhetorical dialogue
Syntactics
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Summary:Logic is concerned with arguments, & though R. Crusoe may have constructed derivations, he could not engage in argument until Friday joined him. The communicative context essential to argumentation is often neglected by various philosophical traditions. A system of dialogue designed to explain the fallaciousness of question-begging arguments is presented. It is argued that all logical questions should be considered within a system of dialogue, & that many logical problems that resist solution in nondialogical approaches can be resolved in a dislogic approach. 16 References. Modified AA
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/BF00485599