| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
An overview of Aristotelian logic as seen by medieval logicians -- Aristotle's proofs of conversions and syllogisms -- Quantifying predicates, singular term predicates, negative terms -- Linguish -- Expanding the notation -- Modes of personal supposition -- Relatives (anaphoric words) -- Comparison of medieval logic with contemporary logic -- Ampliation and restriction -- Appendix : artificial quantifiers in early 16th-century logic |
| Summary |
Terence Parsons presents a new study of the development and continuing value of medieval logic, which expanded Aristotle's basic principles of logic in important ways. Parsons argues that the resulting system is as rich as contemporary first-order symbolic logic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-327) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Logic, Medieval -- Study and teaching
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PHILOSOPHY -- Logic.
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Logic, Medieval -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191002658 |
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9780191002656 |
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9781306549165 |
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1306549167 |
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9780191768002 |
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0191768006 |
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