Token reflexivity and logic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10739014 |
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| Authors | Geoff Georgi (0000-0002-2799-6309, West Virginia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 2021 |
| Issue | 240 |
| Pages | 241-259 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sem-2021-0009 |
| OpenAlex | W3138447992 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Token-reflexive theories of indexicals – words like ‘I,’ ‘here,’ and ‘today’ – are widely thought to face a problem in account for intuitively valid arguments involving indexicals. Yet all discussions of the problem with which I am familiar focus on particular examples or on particular rules of inference. In this paper, I first state the problem in its full generality, and then argue that two recent attempts to reject the problem fail. Finally, I consider the proposal by García-Carpintero that demonstratives – ‘this’ and ‘that’ – raise the same problem. I argue that while there are important similarities between the logic problem for token-reflexives and the role of demonstratives in logic, recent work on the logic of demonstratives can offer insights into logic that token-reflexive theories cannot
Cognitive science · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Generality · Inference · Linguistics · Reflexivity · Security token · Sociology · Advanced Algebra and Logic · Computer Science · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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