Validity, paradox, and the ideal of deductive logic

In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK (2007)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

I express my dissatisfaction with the common ways to treat the semantic paradoxes. Not only do they give rise to revenge paradoxes, they ignore the wisdom contained in the ordinary reaction to paradoxes. I instead propose an account that vindicates the ordinary reaction to paradox by putting the blame on us philosophers. It is the wrong conception of what a valid inference is, one that is central to “the ideal of deductive logic” that gives rise to the problem. The solution outlined gives us a new way to accept defeat in light of the paradoxes: the arguments that lead to them are based on valid forms of reasoning, but their conclusions are nonetheless rationally rejected.

Other Versions

original Hofweber, Thomas (2007) "Validity, paradox, and the ideal of deductive logic". In Beall, J. C., The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox, pp. : Oxford University Press UK (2007)

Links

PhilArchive

    This entry is not archived by us. If you are the author and have permission from the publisher, we recommend that you archive it. Many publishers automatically grant permission to authors to archive pre-prints. By uploading a copy of your work, you will enable us to better index it, making it easier to find.

    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 101,601

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The unrevisability of logic.Thomas Hofweber - 2021 - Philosophical Perspectives 35 (1):251-274.
Solving the paradoxes, escaping revenge.Hartry Field - 2007 - In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK.
Alethic vengeance.Kevin Scharp - 2007 - In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK.
Understanding the liar.Douglas Patterson - 2007 - In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK. pp. 197.
A revenge-immune solution to the semantic paradoxes.Hartry Field - 2003 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 32 (2):139-177.
Paradoxes of validity.Keith Simmons - 2021 - Philosophical Studies 179 (2):383-403.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
54 (#407,356)

6 months
54 (#97,768)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Thomas Hofweber
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Citations of this work

Hierarchical Propositions.Bruno Whittle - 2017 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 46 (2):215-231.
Validity as Truth-Conduciveness.Arvid Båve - 2024 - In Adam C. Podlaskowski & Drew Johnson (eds.), Truth 20/20: How a Global Pandemic Shaped Truth Research. Synthese Library.
On Using Inconsistent Expressions.Arvid Båve - 2012 - Erkenntnis 77 (1):133-148.
Trivial Languages.Arvid Båve - 2018 - Acta Analytica 33 (1):1-17.
Exceptional Logic.Bruno Whittle - forthcoming - Review of Symbolic Logic:1-37.

View all 6 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references