Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science

Volume 18, Issue 2, Mayo 2003

Gila Sher
Pages 189-198

A Characterization of Logical Constants Is Possible

The paper argues that a philosophically informative and mathematically precise characterization is possible by (i) describing a particular proposal for such a characterization, (ii) showing that certain criticisms of this proposal are incorrect, and (iii) discussing the general issue of what a characterization of logical constants aims at achieving.