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Carroll's regress: a standalone construct

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regress showing that a rule of inference cannot be added as a further premise, since each new premise needs another rule to apply it.

In logic, Carroll's regress refers to regress showing that a rule of inference cannot be added as a further premise, since each new premise needs another rule to apply it. This meaning comes from Carroll (1895) in Mind.[1]

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References

  1. Carroll, L. (1895). What the Tortoise Said to Achilles. Mind, IV(14), 278-280. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/iv.14.278

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