The Metaphysics of Logic [Hardcover]

This wide-ranging collection of essays explores the nature of logic and the key issues and debates in the metaphysics of logic.This book provides an analysis of the role and nature of logic and its relationship to us and the world. Looking at the key topics and debates in the metaphysics of logic, this wide-ranging collection of essays offers readers of mathematics, logic and philosophy an in-depth overview of the field.This book provides an analysis of the role and nature of logic and its relationship to us and the world. Looking at the key topics and debates in the metaphysics of logic, this wide-ranging collection of essays offers readers of mathematics, logic and philosophy an in-depth overview of the field.Featuring fourteen new essays from an international team of renowned contributors, this volume explores the key issues, debates and questions in the metaphysics of logic. The book is structured in three parts, looking first at the main positions in the nature of logic, such as realism, pluralism, relativism, objectivity, nihilism, conceptualism, and conventionalism, then focusing on historical topics such as the medieval Aristotelian view of logic, the problem of universals, and Bolzano's logical realism. The final section tackles specific issues such as glutty theories, contradiction, the metaphysical conception of logical truth, and the possible revision of logic. The volume will provide readers with a rich and wide-ranging survey, a valuable digest of the many views in this area, and a long overdue investigation of logic's relationship to us and the world. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students of philosophy, logic, and mathematics.Introduction Penelope Rush; Part I. The Main Positions: 1. Logical realism Penelope Rush; 2. A defence of logical conventionalism Jody Azzouni; 3. Pluralism, relativism, and objectivity Stewart Shapiro; 4. Logic, mathematics and conceptual structuralism Solomon Feferman; 5. A Second Philosophy of logic Pl³³