{"product_id":"9783032140852","title":"Logical Necessity and Rational Thought","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLogical Necessity and Rational Thought\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGraves, David\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThis book explores Wittgenstein’s unsettling remark in the \u003cem\u003eTractatus\u003c\/em\u003e that the only necessity that exists is logical necessity. It suggests that the notion of necessity is a primitive notion, and, as such, both a requirement for human cognition and constitutive of rational thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eOn this basis, the book then reexamines some of the perennial questions of philosophy including logic itself, beauty, law, truth and the concept of God. All of these topics are seen to be closely related to the notion of necessity. It is argued that if logical necessity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE\n\"logical necessity\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the only necessity that exists, then Kant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:\nEN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE \"Kant,\nImmanuel\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:\nEN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e’s notion of the subjective\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE\n\"subjective\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enecessity of aesthetic judgments must be reconsidered. Likewise, metaphysical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE\n\"metaphysical necessity\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e, moral, and practical necessity must all be revised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFinally, a new dimension is added to the analysis. It is shown that the notion of logical necessity is \u003cem\u003ehuman\u003c\/em\u003e in its origin, and yet also\u003cem\u003e absolute\u003c\/em\u003e. This insight reopens the possibility of logical absolutism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE \"absolutism\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e, as opposed to the current, general consensus around logical relativism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:\nEN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-begin\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e XE \"relativism\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003c!-- [if supportFields]\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\",sans-serif;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-element:field-end\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e. Moreover, it becomes possible to entertain a notion of logical absolutism without the problematic baggage of metaphysical and\/or divine considerations. This new sense of logical absolutism facilitates a reconsideration of certain epistemological claims directly related to logical truths, for example, so-called analytical propositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;\"\u003eLogical Necessity and Rational Thought \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;\"\u003eis essential reading for all scholars, researchers and advanced students of philosophical logic. It is also ideal for researchers of the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-04-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032140852\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-14086-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 188\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44776129560716,"sku":"9783032140852","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032140852.jpg?v=1779654406","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032140852","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}