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The Cartesian Semantics of the Port Royal Logic book cover

1st Edition

The Cartesian Semantics of the Port Royal Logic

By John N. Martin Copyright 2020
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge
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This book sets out for the first time in English and in the terms of modern logic the semantics of the Port Royal Logic ( La Logique ou l’Art de penser , 1662-1685) of Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole, perhaps the most influential logic book in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its goal is to explain how the Logic reworks the foundation of pre-Cartesian logic so as to make it compatible with... Read more

Introduction

1. The Semantics of Terms: Intentional Content

2. The Semantics of Terms: Signification and Extension

3. The Semantics of Terms: The Structure of Ideas

4. The Semantics of Propositions: Truth and Consequences

5. The Semantics of Discourse: Method

6. The Semantics of Discourse: Existential Import

Appendix

Biography

John N. Martin studied philosophy at the University of California, received his doctorate from the University of Toronto, and spent his career teaching philosophy and logic at the University of Cincinnati. Research areas: formal semantics, philosophical linguistics, and the history of logic. Books: Elements of Formal Semantics (1987) and Themes in Neoplatonic and Aristotelian Logic (Ashgate 2004).

"Martin has offered a substantive treatment of an important but often overlooked text . . . Martin's book is a significant contribution to scholarship especially on the logic of the Port Royal Logic, and will, no doubt, generate more interest in this influential text—interest it richly deserves." – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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