Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 March 2023
This chapter offers a detailed discussion of domain-based pluralism. In line with observations of previous chapters, the main focus is on the claim that logic in its canonical application to logical consequence is domain-dependent. I first review arguments brought forward in support of the domain-dependence of logic understood in that sense. I argue that none of them is conclusive. I then discuss two indirect arguments for domain-dependence in the form of arguments against universal applicability and argue that both can be resisted. I then highlight some open problems for domain-based logical pluralism. Combining the insights of these discussions, I argue that, as things stand, there is no good reason to assume that logical theories are domain-dependent.
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