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A meta‑framework, inspired by Marxist base/superstructure theory, applied to logic. The logical infrastructure consists of the material, social, and cognitive foundations that make reasoning possible: educational systems, languages, notations, institutions (universities, journals), and technologies (computers, libraries). The logical superstructure comprises the formal logical systems, rules of inference, epistemological norms, and ideological justifications that arise from that infrastructure. The theory argues that changes in infrastructure (e.g., the printing press, digital proof assistants) transform the superstructure (e.g., what counts as a valid proof). It challenges the view of logic as timeless and transcendent, revealing it as a historically situated human practice.
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