WHAT THE TORTOISE SAID TO ACHILLES?

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GHORBANIAN HUMAN MOHAMMAD

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Journal: MANTEQ-PAZHUHI (LOGICAL STUDIES) Year:2011 | Volume:2 | Issue:1 (3) Page(s): 127-148

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WHAT THE TORTOISE SAID TO ACHILLES?

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GHORBANIAN HUMAN MOHAMMAD | Issue Writer Certificate

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LEWIS CARROLLQ2

RULES OF INFERENCEQ2

INTERNALIST APPROACHQ2

ASSERTED/UNASSERTED PROPOSITIONSQ2

MATERIAL/FORMAL LOGICQ2

VALIDITYQ1

Abstract

LEWIS CARROLL in “What the Tortoise Said to Achilles?” questioning one the most important basis of logic and by narrating a fanciful dialog asks why we should move from premises to the conclusion. Is logic itself enough to justify the use of logic or we need something beyond logic to do that.In this article two main approaches have been considered. First, logical approach which Bertrand Russell is its most important member and second, social-internalism approach which Peter Winch advocates. These two main philosophers have referred several times to Carroll’s article. According to Russell, analyzing logic is suffice to explain why consequent will infer from premises, and on the other hand, Winch and his followers think every inference has a root in historic understanding of life and if this understanding fails, logic will falls apart too. I will make some objections to both of these.At the end, I propose that the solution is to return to formal logic. If formal logic understood well, there won’t be any need to seek for logic to teach us how to use logic. Valid formal inferences are what logic consists of and if someone violates these inferences, he is out of the boundaries of logic.

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GHORBANIAN, HUMAN MOHAMMAD. (2011). WHAT THE TORTOISE SAID TO ACHILLES?. MANTEQ-PAZHUHI (LOGICAL STUDIES), 2(1 (3)), 127-148. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/216457/en

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GHORBANIAN HUMAN MOHAMMAD. WHAT THE TORTOISE SAID TO ACHILLES?. MANTEQ-PAZHUHI (LOGICAL STUDIES)[Internet]. 2011;2(1 (3)):127-148. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/216457/en

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HUMAN MOHAMMAD GHORBANIAN, “WHAT THE TORTOISE SAID TO ACHILLES?,” MANTEQ-PAZHUHI (LOGICAL STUDIES), vol. 2, no. 1 (3), pp. 127–148, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/216457/en

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