Naslov
Logical abilities and universality

Autori
Smokrović, Nenad

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Skup
Međunarodni znanstveni skup "Suvremene filozofske teme"

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 27.05.2004. - 28.05.2004

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Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Logical abilities; normativism; descriptivism; universality

Sažetak
Taking for granted that possession of logical abilities is condition (at least necessary) for reasoning, we are interested in the nature of relation between reasoning and logic. Recent theoretical discussion, partly relying on tradition, offers us two distinct approaches. Approach 1: The possession of LA is a (transcendental) necessary condition for reasoning. In that case, the possession of logical abilities is normative in the sense that any creature satisfying some rationality conditions must possess particular logical abilities. Approach 2: People actually have such logical abilities. It can be verified (hopefully) that these abilities (instead of some non-logical abilities, say heuristics) play a crucial role in reasoning. In that case, the accounting for the role of logical abilities has primarily a descriptive and explanatory and also, possibly, a normative role. Regarding universality, the normativists are stating the following dylema: Either you can have normativism that, with an unavoidable degree of idealization, will provide universality, or, you can have empirical descriptivism, endowed perhaps with other advantages, but regarding universality, ending up in relativism. The paper want to prove the untenability of this dylema.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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