A simple solution to the collapse argument for logical pluralism

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)
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Many philosophers have argued that logical pluralism is not compatible with the normativity of logic. They developed different versions of the collapse argument: if two logics are correct, then the weaker one will be normatively irrelevant. In this paper, I argue that the collapse argument is based on a controversial premise: the assumption that every logic can be characterized by the same bridge principle. I provide a solution to the collapse argument based on the modification of this premise, maintaining both logical pluralism and the normativity of logic.

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