more from 'The Runabout Inference Ticket' by Arthur N. Prior

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[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives]

Full Idea

For Prior, so the moral goes, we must first have a notion of what 'and' means, independently of the role it plays as premise and as conclusion.

Gist of Idea

We need to know the meaning of 'and', prior to its role in reasoning

Source

report of Arthur N. Prior (The Runabout Inference Ticket [1960]) by Nuel D. Belnap - Tonk, Plonk and Plink p.132

Book Reference

'Philosophical Logic', ed/tr. Strawson,P.F. [OUP 1973], p.132


A Reaction

The meaning would be given by the truth tables (the truth-conditions), whereas the role would be given by the natural deduction introduction and elimination rules. This seems to be the basic debate about logical connectives.