[FOM] Bivalence and Law of Excluded Middle

[Charles Silver]

On Feb 18, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Joseph Vidal-Rosset wrote:

>
> ("DOES THE LAW   OF EXCLUDED  MIDDLE  REQUIRE   BIVALENCE?"   
> Erkenntnis
> 31: 129-137, 1989)
>
> He argues in this paper against the view that a language à la van
> Fraassen (with super-evaluations) is able to accept the LEM without
> accepting the Bivalence.
>
> I would be happy to hear the opinions and the arguments of FOM
> subscribers about the question that Sayward asked in the title of this
> paper. Does the LEM require Bivalence?

	The late Graham Solomon argued convincingly in many contexts (on the  
net several times, in articles, and in his book) that LEM does *not*  
imply bivalence.  Nothing so fancy as van Fraassen's supervaluations  
are needed.

Charlie Silver