Logos and episteme
Carin ROBINSON ABSTRACT: This paper asks the following question: How is deduction non-ampliative? It answers with a conditional: If deduction is non-ampliative then its premises are non-informative. To establish the truth of this conditional, is the task of this paper. I argue that the non-ampliative nature of deduction entails the non-informative epistemic status of the sentences which are its premises. …
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