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A Quick Primer on Logic and Rationality

Anthony D'Amato
Northwestern University - School of Law


June 2, 2006

Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 913016

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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

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Date posted: July 18, 2006 ; Last revised: July 18, 2006

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


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Anthony D'Amato (Contact Author)
Northwestern University - School of Law ( email )
375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
United States
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