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    The laws of logic are a priori theoretical norms — Carmelics
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    The laws of logic are a priori theoretical norms

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    • 1.A priori theoretical norms are those whose recognition is necessary for making universally valid judgments
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    • 2.Universally valid judgments claim truth for every cognizer
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    • 3.Recognition of the laws of logic is necessary for making judgments that claim truth for every cognizer
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    • 1.The laws of logic are empirical generalizations about successful patterns of inference, revisable in light of scientific practice (Quine, 'Two Dogmas').
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    • 2.If logical laws are empirically revisable, they cannot be a priori norms immune to experiential disconfirmation.
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    • 3.Quantum mechanics has motivated serious proposals to revise classical logic (e.g., quantum logic, Putnam 1968), demonstrating empirical sensitivity.
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    • 1.Different logical systems (classical, intuitionist, paraconsistent) each govern valid inference within distinct mathematical or linguistic communities.
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    • 2.If logical laws were a priori norms binding on every cognizer, systematic logical pluralism across competent reasoners would be inexplicable.
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    • 3.The social and pragmatic factors determining logical choice (Carnap's principle of tolerance) indicate conventionality, not a priori necessity.
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    The defining claim of SW Neo-Kantianism is that there are universally valid norms, and every universally valid norm has an a priori ground.[19] The concept of the a priori is therefore not a psychological or biological notion (the a priori is not the innate), nor is it an anthropological notion (the a priori is not what is universally assented to). The a priori are norms, the recognition of which is indispensable for normative activities. In theoretical philosophy, the a priori are norms the r
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    The social and pragmatic factors determining logical choice (Carnap's principle ...
    Universally valid judgments claim truth for every cognizer
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