Logic and Natural selection

0350926 - FLÚ 2011 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Peregrin, Jaroslav
Logic and Natural selection.
Logica Universalis. Roč. 4, č. 2 (2010), s. 207-223. ISSN 1661-8297. E-ISSN 1661-8300
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP401/10/1279
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z9009908
Keywords : logic * natural selection * modus potens * inferentialism
Subject RIV: AA - Philosophy ; Religion

Is logic, feasibly a product od natural selection? In this paper the author treats this question as dependent upon the prior question of where logic is founded. After excluding other possibilities, we conclude that logic resides in our language, in the shape of inferential rules governing the logical vocabulary of the language. This means that knowledge of logic is inseparable from the possesion of the logical constans they govern. In this sense, logic may be seen as a product of natural selection.
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