TY - JOUR
T1 - Pragmatic Logics for Hypotheses and
Evidence
AU - Carrara, Massimiliano
AU - Chiffi, Daniele
AU - De Florio, Ciro
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The present paper is devoted to present two pragmatic logics and their corresponding intended interpretations according to which an illocutionary act of (scientific) hypothesis-making is justified by a scintilla of evidence. The paper first introduces a general pragmatic frame for assertions, expanded to hypotheses, AH and a hypothetical pragmatic logic for evidence HLP. Both AH and HLP are extensions of the Logic for Pragmatics, LP. We compare AH and HLP. Then, we underline the expressive and inferential richness of both systems in dealing with hypothetical judgements, especially when based on different, sometimes conflicting, evidence.
AB - The present paper is devoted to present two pragmatic logics and their corresponding intended interpretations according to which an illocutionary act of (scientific) hypothesis-making is justified by a scintilla of evidence. The paper first introduces a general pragmatic frame for assertions, expanded to hypotheses, AH and a hypothetical pragmatic logic for evidence HLP. Both AH and HLP are extensions of the Logic for Pragmatics, LP. We compare AH and HLP. Then, we underline the expressive and inferential richness of both systems in dealing with hypothetical judgements, especially when based on different, sometimes conflicting, evidence.
KW - Logic of Illocutionary Acts
KW - Pragmatic Logic
KW - Logic of Illocutionary Acts
KW - Pragmatic Logic
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/143155
U2 - 10.1093/jigpal/jzz042
DO - 10.1093/jigpal/jzz042
M3 - Article
SN - 1368-9894
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Logic Journal of the IGPL
JF - Logic Journal of the IGPL
ER -