Location
University of Windsor
Document Type
Paper
Keywords
argumentation, dispute resolution, formal, Frege, Gödel, Leibniz, logic, peace, Russell
Start Date
18-5-2011 9:00 AM
End Date
21-5-2011 5:00 PM
Abstract
Is formal logic a failure? It may be, if we accept the context-independent limits imposed by Russell, Frege, and others. In response to difficulties arising from such limitations I present a Toulmin-esque social recontextualization of formal logic. The results of my project provide a positive view of formal logic as a success while simultaneously reaffirming the social and contextual concerns of argumentation theorists, critical thinking scholars, and rhetoricians.
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The formal failure and social success of logic
University of Windsor
Is formal logic a failure? It may be, if we accept the context-independent limits imposed by Russell, Frege, and others. In response to difficulties arising from such limitations I present a Toulmin-esque social recontextualization of formal logic. The results of my project provide a positive view of formal logic as a success while simultaneously reaffirming the social and contextual concerns of argumentation theorists, critical thinking scholars, and rhetoricians.
