Syntacticism and Functional Completeness

Odysseus Makridis

Dec 2023 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing

About this ebook

This book constructs an idealized version of what the author calls syntacticism, a school of thought in the philosophy of logic which is congenial to analytical philosophy, logical positivism, and anti-metaphysical nominalism. It examines in detail both technical metalogical and broad philosophic issues associated with this way of thinking about logic, and specifically addresses anomalies around symbolic expressivity, which is crucial for this approach, with a view to provide both a deeper understanding and a critique.

The range of fields and interests addressed include: the philosophy of logic, formal logic and mathematical logic, the analytical school of philosophy, logical positivism and nominalism, parallels between thinking about logic and the formalist school in the philosophy of mathematics, the history of modern logic, Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, Leśniewski’s protothetic, dialogue logic, and combinatorial logic.

About the author

Odysseus Makridis is Professor of Philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA. His publications include 2 volumes of Fathoming Formal Logic and Symbolic Logic, Series in Philosophy, as well as articles on subjects such as logic and the philosophy of logic, ethics, and the history of philosophy.