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Other Logics Philosophy of History and Culture Edited by Michael Krausz, Bryn Mawr College Advisory Board Annette Baier, University of Pittsburgh Purushottama Bilimoria, Deakin University, Australia Cora Diamond, University of Virginia William Dray, University of Ottawa Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research Clifford Geertz†, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Peter Hacker, St. John’s College, Oxford Rom Harré, Linacre College, Oxford Bernard Harrison, University of Sussex Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago Leon Pompa, University of Birmingham Joseph Raz, Balliol College, Oxford Amélie Rorty, Harvard University VOLUME 33 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/phc Other Logics Alternatives to Formal Logic in the History of Thought and Contemporary Philosophy Edited by Admir Skodo LEIDEN | BOSTON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Other logics : alternatives to formal logic in the history of thought and contemporary philosophy / edited by Admir Skodo. pages cm. — (Philosophy of history and culture, ISSN 0922-6001 ; VOLUME 33) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-27003-9 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-27018-3 (e-book) 1. Logic—History. I. Skodo, Admir, editor of compilation. BC15.O84 2014 160—dc23 2013050314 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual ‘Brill’ typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 0922-6001 isbn 978 90 04 27003 9 (hardback) isbn 978 90 04 27018 3 (e-book) Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Acknowledgments vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Admir Skodo PART 1 Perspectives from the History of Thought 15 1 Proving the Principle of Logic: Quentin Meillassoux, Jean-Luc Nancy, and the Anhypothetical 17 Christopher Watkin 2 The Self, Ideology, and Logic: F.C.S. Schiller’s Pragmatist Critique of and Alternative to Formal Logic 32 Admir Skodo 3 Language, Truth, and Logic: Heidegger on the Practical and Historical Grounds of Abstract Thought 51 Aaron James Wendland 4 The Obstacle: Jacques Lacan’s Critique of the Formal Logical Representation of the Real 66 Ervik Cejvan 5 Collingwood’s Logic of Question and Answer against the Relativization of Reason 81 Christopher Fear PART 2 Perspectives from Contemporary Philosophy 101 6 Representationalist Logic 103 Frank Ankersmit 7 On Logical Aliens 123 Alessandra Tanesini 8 The Heart of Metaphysical Pluralism and the Consistency Dilemma: A Critical Analysis of the Possibility of Incompatible Truths 148 Thord Svensson vi contents 9 The Logic of “Oughts” and the Bindingness of Past Practice: A Critique of Normative Judgment Internalism through a Reading of King Lear’s Act I 169 Karim Dharamsi 10 First-Order Logic, Incongruism, and Anti-Formalism 188 Anders Kraal 11 Zombies, Selves, and the Possibility of Afterlife 207 Johan Modée 12 The Logocentric Predicament and the Logic of Question and Answer 221 Giuseppina D’Oro Indices Name 235 Subject 237 Acknowledgments This book is the final outcome of an international project funded by Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation), initially enti- tled “Selves and Logics: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Logic from Dialectical to Formal Logic.” We in the editorial committee wish to express our grati- tude to the Foundation for their generous support. The editorial committee has been composed of Professor Catharina Stenqvist (project leader), Dr. Admir Skodo, Ervik Cejvan (doctoral candidate), and Professor David Dunér. The work of the entire com- mittee has been invaluable in organizing the project from its initial to its final stage. The committee also wishes to thank all the participants not only for their fine papers, but also for their participation at the conference held in Höör, Sweden, in February 2012. Finally, the committee wishes to thank its editors at Brill, Jennifer Pavelko and Julia Berick, for all their help and assistance. Notes on Contributors Frank Ankersmit is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History and Historical Theory at the University of Groningen. A renowned philosopher of history and intellectual historian, Ankersmit’s publications include Narrative Logic (1983), History and Tropology (1994); Aesthetic Politics (1996) Historical Representation (2001), and most recently Meaning, Truth, and Reference in Historical Representation (2013). Ervik Cejvan is a doctoral candidate in the philosophy of religion at Lund University. He is currently finishing his doctoral thesis on the concept of madness in the thought of Plato, Lacan, and Bataille. He is the co-editor of and chapter contributor to the book Tillvarons utmaningar (2012). Giuseppina D’Oro is Reader in Philosophy at Keele University. She has published widely on the philosophy of action and the philosophy of science. Key publications include Collingwood and the Metaphysics of Experience (2002), and a number of articles in refereed philosophical journals. Karim Dharamsi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount Royal University. He has previously published articles and book chapters on moral philosophy. Christopher Fear is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy and Politics at the University of Exeter. He is finishing his doctoral thesis on Collingwood’s philosophy of history. An article on Collingwood’s philosophy of history has recently been published by the journal History of the Human Sciences (2013). Anders Kraal is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary. Kraal works on the philosophy of logic and theology. He has published articles on these topics in the journals Philosophy Compass and History and Philosophy of Logic. notes on contributors ix Johan Modée is a Senior Lecturer at Malmö University College. He works on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science. Modée has published numerous articles and book chapters, and is the co-editor of Mänskliga rättigheter och religion (2011), and Frihet och gränser (2006). Admir Skodo is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, and President of the UC Berkeley Humanities and Social Sciences Association. Skodo works on modern European cultural and intellectual history. He has published articles in numerous refereed journals. Skodo is currently finishing a book on new idealist philosophy and post-World War II English historiography. Thord Svensson is a doctoral candidate in the philosophy of religion at Lund University. He is currently finishing his doctoral thesis on religion and metaphysical pluralism. Svensson is the main editor of and chapter contributor to the book Tillvarons Utmaningar (2012). Alessandra Tanesini is Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University. She has published on the philosophy of feminism, Wittgenstein, and epistemology. Key publications include An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies (1999), and Wittgenstein: A Feminist Introduction (2004). Christopher Watkin is Senior Lecturer and Convenor of French Studies at Monash University. Watkin works on contemporary French philosophy. Key publications include Difficult Atheism: Post-theological Thinking in Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy and Quentin Meillassoux (2011). Aaron James Wendland is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Oxford University. He will soon take up a Postdoctoral Fellowship in philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. He works on the philosophy of Heidegger, and is the co-editor of and chapter contributor to the recent book Wittgenstein and Heidegger (2013).
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