Single Idea 18835

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual]

Full Idea

There is surely no metaphysical basis for logic, but equally there is no logical basis for metaphysics, if that implies that we can settle the choice of logic in advance of settling any seriously contested metaphysical-cum-semantic issues.

Gist of Idea

Logic doesn't have a metaphysical basis, but nor can logic give rise to the metaphysics

Source

Ian Rumfitt (The Boundary Stones of Thought [2015], 7.5)

Book Reference

Rumfitt,Ian: 'The Boundary Stones of Thought' [OUP 2015], p.219


A Reaction

Is this aimed at Tim Williamson's book on treating modal logic as metaphysics? I agree with the general idea that logic won't deliver a metaphysics. I might want to defend a good metaphysics giving rise to a good logic.