Vol. 42 No. 1 (2022)
Thematic section

The Justification of Logical Principles and the “Adoption Problem”

Javier Castro Albano
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina / Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina

Published 2022-05-01

Keywords

  • Adoption Problem,
  • Justification of Logic
  • Problema de la adopción,
  • Justificación de la lógica

Abstract

Saul Kripke objected the approach to the justification of logic provided by Quine’s web belief model on the basis of a result that Romina Padró called “The Adoption Problem”. I suggest a solution to de Adoption Problem and a defense of the quinean strategy for the justification of logic.

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