Is Logical Pluralism a Superstition? On Joseph Maria Bochenski’s Remarks about Superstitions in Logic Cover Image

Czy pluralizm logiczny jest zabobonem? Na marginesie Józefa Marii Bocheńskiego uwag o zabobonach w logice
Is Logical Pluralism a Superstition? On Joseph Maria Bochenski’s Remarks about Superstitions in Logic

Author(s): Bożena Czarnecka-Rej
Subject(s): Logic
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: superstition; Józef Maria Bochenski; pluralism in logic; relativism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse Joseph M. Bochenski’s superstitions in logic with reference to issues of pluralism in logic, which is widely discussed in the contemporary philosophy of logic. I concentrate on a superstition known as “relativity in logic”. It emerged contemporarily with the construction of non-classical logical calculi. I make an attempt at considering logical pluralism in the sense of co-existence of infinitely numerous logical systems as ruling out the unity of logic and negating its normative nature. I also try to determine if it is possible to deduct relativity in logic from the fact of logical systems pluralism.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 11-28
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish