Criteria for logical formalization
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985955%3A_____%2F13%3A00399044" target="_blank" >RIV/67985955:_____/13:00399044 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0104-0" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0104-0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-012-0104-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11229-012-0104-0</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Criteria for logical formalization
Original language description
The article addresses two closely related questions: What are the criteria of adequacy of logical formalization of natural language arguments, and what gives logic the authority to decide which arguments are good and which are bad? Our point of departureis the criticism of the conception of logical formalization put forth, in a recent paper, by M. Baumgartner and T. Lampert. We argue that their account of formalization as a kind of semantic analysis brings about more problems than it solves. We also argue that the criteria of adequate formalization need not be based on truth conditions associated with logical formulas; in our view, they are better based on structural (inferential) grounds. We then put forward our own version of the criteria. The upshot of the discussion that follows is that the quest for an adequate formalization in a suitable logical language is best conceived of as the search for a Goodmanian reflective equilibrium.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP401%2F10%2F1279" target="_blank" >GAP401/10/1279: Foundations of contemporary logical analysis</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Synthese
ISSN
0039-7857
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
190
Issue of the periodical within the volume
14
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
2897-2924
UT code for WoS article
000327144000014
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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