Alboran is and is not dry: Katalin Havas on Logic and Dialectics
[EN] In her book Logic and Dialectic: Essays in the Philosophy of Logic Katalin Havas broaches the relationship between logic and the idea of true contradictions ingrained in the dialectical tradition which comprised at least some of the main Marxist thinkers. She thinks that, whatever the utility o...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/9290 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/9290 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Paraconsistent logic Dialectic Contradictions Marxism Katalin Havas Lógica paraconsistente Dialéctica Contradicción Marxismo |
| Summary: | [EN] In her book Logic and Dialectic: Essays in the Philosophy of Logic Katalin Havas broaches the relationship between logic and the idea of true contradictions ingrained in the dialectical tradition which comprised at least some of the main Marxist thinkers. She thinks that, whatever the utility of non-classical logical systems, in the main dialectics does not need them, since it is wholly compatible with Aristotelian logic. The current paper goes into the relationship between degrees and contradictions. Havas thinks that any inconsistency implied by the recognition of degrees is apparent. I show that in virtue of broadly accepted logical rules, our discourse on degrees is committed to true contradictions. I contend that Havas has failed to prove that in-betweenness is compatible with classical logic. |
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