Catarina Dutilh Novaes
contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, History and Philosophy of LogicCatarina Dutilh Novaes is a Dutch philosopher specializing in the philosophy of logic, history of medieval logic, and social epistemology. She is Professor of Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is best known for her dialogical account of deduction, which situates logical reasoning within collaborative, adversarial social practices. Her work bridges formal logic, cognitive science, and the history of philosophy.
Notable Achievements
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Developed the dialogical roots of deduction theory, arguing that formal proof practices emerge from adversarial dialogue (The Dialogical Roots of Deduction, 2020)
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Authored Formal Languages in Logic (2012), analyzing formal languages as cognitive and notational tools rather than mere symbolic systems
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Reconstructed medieval Latin logical traditions (particularly Buridan and Ockham) within contemporary philosophical frameworks
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Advanced social epistemology of logic, examining how logic functions as a collective rather than purely individual enterprise
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