[PDF] The Aftermath Of Syllogism eBook

Author : Marco Sgarbi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 21,86 MB
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1350043532

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Syllogism is a form of logical argument allowing one to deduce a consistent conclusion based on a pair of premises having a common term. Although Aristotle was the first to conceive and develop this way of reasoning, he left open a lot of conceptual space for further modifications, improvements and systematizations with regards to his original syllogistic theory. From its creation until modern times, syllogism has remained a powerful and compelling device of deduction and argument, used by a variety of figures and assuming a variety of forms throughout history. The Aftermath of Syllogism investigates the key developments in the history of this peculiar pattern of inference, from Avicenna to Hegel. Taking as its focus the longue durée of development between the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century, this book looks at the huge reworking scientific syllogism underwent over the centuries, as some of the finest philosophical minds brought it to an unprecedented height of logical sharpness and sophistication. Bringing together a group of major international experts in the Aristotelian tradition, The Aftermath of Syllogism provides a detailed, up to date and critical evaluation of the history of syllogistic deduction.

Author : Lukas M. Verburgt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,70 MB
Release : 2023-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1350228850

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Offering a bold new vision on the history of modern logic, Lukas M. Verburgt and Matteo Cosci focus on the lasting impact of Aristotle's syllogism between the 1820s and 1930s. For over two millennia, deductive logic was the syllogism and syllogism was the yardstick of sound human reasoning. During the 19th century, this hegemony fell apart and logicians, including Boole, Frege and Peirce, took deductive logic far beyond its Aristotelian borders. However, contrary to common wisdom, reflections on syllogism were also instrumental to the creation of new logical developments, such as first-order logic and early set theory. This volume presents the period under discussion as one of both tradition and innovation, both continuity and discontinuity. Modern logic broke away from the syllogistic tradition, but without Aristotle's syllogism, modern logic would not have been born. A vital follow up to The Aftermath of Syllogism, this book traces the longue durée history of syllogism from Richard Whately's revival of formal logic in the 1820s through the work of David Hilbert and the Göttingen school up to the 1930s. Bringing together a group of major international experts, it sheds crucial new light on the emergence of modern logic and the roots of analytic philosophy in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author : Will Dudley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,9 MB
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052181250X

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Author : Khaled El-Rouayheb
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9004190996

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Relational inferences are a well-known problem for Aristotelian logic. This book charts the development of thinking about this problem by logicians writing in Arabic from the ninth to the nineteenth century. It shows that that the development of Arabic logic did not - as is often supposed - come to an end in the fourteenth century.

Author : Robert M. Wallace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 29,41 MB
Release : 2005-04-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521844840

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Showing the relevance of Hegel's arguments, this book discusses both original texts and their interpretations.