An Expressivist Strategy to Understand Logical Forms
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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2023.005Keywords
logical expressivism, logical form, Begriffsschrift, sequent calculus, display logicAbstract
This paper discusses a generalization of logical expressivism. It is shown that, in the wide sense defined here, the expressivist approach is neutral with respect to different theories of inference and offers a natural framework for understanding logical forms and their function. An expressivist strategy for explaining the development of logical forms is then applied to the analysis of Frege’s Begriffsschrift, Gentzen’s sequent calculus and Belnap’s display logic.
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