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A CARNAPIAN APPROACH TO COUNTEREXAMPLES TO MODUS PONENS
A CARNAPIAN APPROACH TO COUNTEREXAMPLES TO MODUS PONENS

Author(s): Constantin C. Brîncuș, Iulian D. Toader
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: counterexamples to modus ponens; Carnap’s formalization of logic; non-normal interpretations

Summary/Abstract: This paper proposes a Carnapian approach to known counterexamples to Modus Ponens (henceforth, MP). More specifi cally, it argues that instead of rejecting MP as invalid in certain interpretations, one should regard the interpretations themselves as non-normal, in Carnap’s sense.

  • Issue Year: VII/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 078-085
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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