Logical Systems and Formal Languages: Genuine Cognitive Artifacts?

  • Natividad Ludmila Barta CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Keywords: Logic, Formal Languages, Cognitive Artifacts, Extended Mind

Abstract

The language, as an abstract object of the linguistic practice of speaking, has certain characteristic features. The logic deals with these. Its goal is to explain the fundamental properties which govern the inferential role and for that it postulates abstract entities, the logic forms. These are linked to the cognitive functions of speakers. Formal languages can be seen as cognitive artifacts that improve and modify the reasoning processes of speakers, also as a process of cultural evolution through which human beings develop artifacts that allow them to perform activities and solve problems more efficiently.

Author Biography

Natividad Ludmila Barta, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Natividad Ludmila Barta is a research fellowship at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina. CPhil in Philosophy at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA, Argentina. Her
main interests are in formality, logicity and topic neutrality. She is also interested in philosophy of logic and logic
in general.

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Published
2018-12-31
How to Cite
[1]
Barta, N.L. 2018. Logical Systems and Formal Languages: Genuine Cognitive Artifacts?. Disputatio. 7, 8 (Dec. 2018), a002. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2550754.
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