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Chapter 14 - The metaphysical interpretation of logical truth

from Part III - Specific Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2014

Penelope Rush
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
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Relative truth is an understanding of logical truth in terms of truth in all models. One can be a realist or an anti-realist about the models, hence about logical truth. But there are choices to be made even if one is realist about the models, as the models can be understood interpretationally or representationally. There is a way to understand logical modality which may do a better job in capturing the relevant sense of logical truth. This type of understanding has been proposed by Scott Shalkowski, who suggests that logical necessities might be explained as those propositions true in virtue of the natures of every situation or every object and property, thus preserving the idea that logic is the most general science. There is a coherent metaphysical interpretation of logical truth, and that this interpretation has some interesting uses, such as applications regarding logical pluralism.
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Print publication year: 2014

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