230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores noteworthy approaches to modal syllogistic adopted by medieval logicians including Abélard, Albert the Great, Avicenna, Averröes, Jean Buridan, Richard Campsall, Robert Kilwardby, and William of Ockham. The book situates these approaches in relation to Aristotle's discussion in the Prior and Posterior Analytics, and other parts of the Organon, but also in relation to the... Read more
Contents: Preface; Aristotle's modal logic; Late antiquity; Abélard; Avicenna; Averröes; Kilwardby; Campsall; Ockham; Buridan; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Paul Thom
’... it is impossible to do justice here to the complexity of logical exposition Thom has achieved with its precision and potential for clarity. Logicians interested in the history of logical system building will have much to think about.’ Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
