La logique peut-elle mouvoir l'esprit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9687697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peyton Engel (0000-0002-6977-5387, Université de Caen Normandie, corresponding author), Pascal Engel |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-54 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300047570 |
| OpenAlex | W2036675211 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper attempts to take a new look at the famous Lewis Carroll paradox about Achilles and the Tortoise. It examines in particular the connections between Lewis Carroll's regress argument for logical inferences and a similar regress for practical inferences. The Tortoise's point of view is espoused: no norm of reasoning or of conduct can in itself “make the mind move,” only the brute force of belief can. This conclusion is a Humean one. But it does not imply that we renounce altogether the normative force of such principles of reasoning as modus ponens. Connexions with the Wittgensteinian rule-following problem are indicated
Abductive reasoning · Argument (complex analysis) · Brute force · Deductive reasoning · Epistemology · Humanities · Inference · Modus ponens · Norm (philosophy) · Normative · Tortoise · Zeno's paradoxes · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |