Introduction to Medieval Logic

Broadie, Alexander

ISBN 10: 0198249411 / ISBN 13: 9780198249412

Edité par Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987

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vi, 150pp; dark blue d/j with edgewear, and stains to the inside, sticker mark to fep.; interior good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Introduction to Medieval Logic
• Éditeur: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Date de parution: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198249411
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198249412
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Poor
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

Medieval logicians advanced far beyond the logic of Aristotle, and this book demonstrates the magnitude of their achievement. The author focuses on the work of some of the great figures of the fourteenth century - including Walter Burley, William Ockham, John Buridan, Albert of Saxony, and Paul of Venice and deals systematically with their theories of truth conditions and validity conditions. Among the topics taken up in the book are the medieval exposition of the quantifier shift fallacy, and the rules of valid inference devised to deal with arguments whose premises are not all present-tensed. The first book devoted to a systematic exposition of the logic of the Middle Ages, this study reveals how much of what seems characteristically twentieth-century logic was familiar long ago, and it also holds out the hope that medieval logic may yet contribute to the solution of twentieth-century problems. Readership: students of medieval logic and philosophy; and the philosophy of language.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Medieval logicians advanced far beyond the logic of Aristotle and the aim of this book is to show how far that advance took them in two central areas. Alexander Broadie focuses upon the work of some of the great figures of the fourteenth century, including Walter Burley, William Ockham, John Buridan, Albert of Saxony, and Paul of Venice, and deals with their theories of truth, conditions and validity conditions. He reveals how much of what seems characteristically twentieth-century logica was familiar long ago. Professor Broadie has extensively revised his text for this second edition, while preserving the character of the first. There are now fuller accounts of supposition of intentional contexts, and of medieval syllogistics, and the Conclusion has been substantially expanded.