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Society & Reason

One Logic, Or Many?

Owen Griffiths and A.C. Paseau try to count them.

Ours is a pluralist age. There is no one right way of doing things, but many; no one set of beliefs, but a diversity; no one true religion, but a host of equally legitimate faiths. We can, and should, live our lives as we wish to, according to our individual aims and values – within broad limits.

That is a credo many of us would sign up to. But even if you subscribe to the diversity manifesto, are there many correct ways of reasoning? Is it up to us how we reason? Can we do it one way or the other, depending on our inclination, mood, or perspective?

To answer these questions, we must be clear on what reasoning involves.

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