Cross-Cultural and Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to the Philosophy of Logic

Dear Colleagues,

An exciting current trend in the philosophy of logic is the turn towards cross-cultural approaches. We understand the term ‘cross-cultural’ to not merely mean ‘east vs. west’; rather we use it to mean across known boundaries, including those boundaries between historical eras, between Buddhist vs. Nyāya, or between Polish vs. American. Thus, this Special Issue aims to collect high-quality papers that express this new direction in the philosophy of logic. We are interested either in historical papers that draw on forgotten points that can drive new directions of thought or in new approaches to the field from areas such as metaphysics, epistemology, and cognitive science/psychology. We are especially interested in starting new conversations that lead to new research, and we welcome papers that are well argued with thought-provoking, new questions.

Topics relevant to this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Logical pluralism;
• The relation between reason and inference;
• Kinds of inference (e.g., what is abduction?);
• The value of mixed reasoning in complete reasoning;
• Alternatives to western logic, such as those found in Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism;
• What we can learn from logic as practiced in other historical periods;
• How do we know fundamental logical truths?;
• Is there a metaphysical ground to logic?

Dr. Anand J. Vaidya
Dr. Noah Friedman-Biglin
Dr. Spencer Johnston
Guest Editors

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• logical pluralism
• philosophy of logic
• logics