Abstract
Hume’s analysis of causality opens up for an Darwinistic understanding of causality. It is argued that basic logic can be given a similar analysis as causality and hence also can be seen as a result of biological evolution. Philosophically, there is a close connection to Kant’s forms of intuition.
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Smith, J.M. (2012). Evolution and Logic. In: Dybjer, P., Lindström, S., Palmgren, E., Sundholm, G. (eds) Epistemology versus Ontology. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4435-6_6
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