The philosophy of logical practice

Abstract

This chapter outlines the general rationale for practice-based approaches, using established examples from the philosophies of science and mathematics. It then introduces philosophy of logical practice (PLP), detailing its motivation and aims. The chapter highlights the case for PLP, demonstrating how the positive considerations counting in favour of the approach in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mathematics apply equally to the philosophy of logic. It outlines how PLP's methodology differs from that of traditional approaches to the philosophy of logic, and then shows how the former's methods are better suited to answering at least one prominent existent question in the philosophy of logic. The chapter details how PLP adjusts the philosophy of logic's scope of inquiry, leading to new fruitful areas of research that have been neglected by traditional philosophy of logic.