Articulating Medieval Logic

Name: Articulating Medieval Logic
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ISBN: 9780199688845

ISBN-10: 0199688842

ISBN-13: 9780199688845

Edition: 2014

Authors: Terence Parsons

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Terence Parsons presents a new study of the development and logical complexity of medieval logic. Basic principles of logic were used by Aristotle to prove conversion principles and reduce syllogisms. Medieval logicians expanded Aristotle's notation in several ways, such as quantifying predicate terms, as in 'No donkey is every animal', and allowing singular terms to appear in predicate position, as in 'Not every donkey is Brownie'; with the enlarged notation come additional logicalprinciples. The resulting system of logic is able to deal with relational expressions, as in De Morgan's puzzles about heads of horses. A crucial issue is a mechanism for dealing with anaphoric pronouns, as in…

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 2/27/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 346
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.45" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English