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Can empirical theories influence or even transform logic? In other words: is logic in some sense “empirical”? This is an old philosophical question which has given rise to many controversies.
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Dalla Chiara, M.L. (1983). Some Logical Problems Suggested by Empirical Theories. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Language, Logic and Method. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7702-0_2
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