A Quick Primer on Logic and Rationality

9 Pages Posted: 18 Jul 2006

Date Written: June 2, 2006

Abstract

Logic does not permit contradictions. Ordinary language sometimes uses contradictions meaningfully. Examples are provided of logical derivations. Yet one might ask how one might prove that logic itself is rational. Gottlob Frege answered that logic constitutes rationality.

Keywords: ordinary logic, Frege, rationality

Suggested Citation

D'Amato, Anthony, A Quick Primer on Logic and Rationality (June 2, 2006). Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 913016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=913016 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.913016

Anthony D'Amato (Contact Author)

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law ( email )

375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
United States

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