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Requiem for logical nihilism, or: Logical nihilism annihilated
Synthese 198 (8):7073-7096 (2020)
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Logical nihilism is the view that the relation of logical consequence is empty: there are counterexamples to any putative logical law. In this paper, I argue that the nihilist threat is illusory. The nihilistic arguments do not work. Moreover, the entire project is based on a misguided interpretation of the generality of logic.Author's Profile
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