A Note on Fine’s Logic of Ground

Hosseini, D.

doi:10.58209/jpt.2.1.1

A Note on Fine’s Logic of Ground

Document Type : Note

Author

D. Hosseini

Department of Philosophy and Logic, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.58209/jpt.2.1.1

Abstract

In this note, I argue that Fine's pure logic of ground is nothing but the structural fragment of RM. This result raises a problem for discriminating between ground and relevantistic deduction in Fine's theory of ground.

Keywords

Pure Logic of Ground

Fine

Subjects

Logic and Philosophy of Logic (Analytical)

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