Gil Sagi. Considerations on Logical Consequence and Natural Language
2020, Dialectica, 74(2), pp. 335–357
Added by: Veronica Cibotaru
Abstract:
In a recent article, “Logical Consequence and Natural Language”, Michael Glanzberg claims that there is no relation of logical consequence in natural language (2015). The present paper counters that claim. I shall discuss Glanzberg’s arguments and show why they don’t hold. I further show how Glanzberg’s claims may be used to rather support the existence of logical consequence in natural language.
Comment: This text is useful for intermediate to advanced students in logic and philosophy of language who are interested in the debate over whether natural language reflects logical consequence, but it is also accessible for beginning students.