A History of Formal Logic (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of Formal Logic In this edition of the most considerable history Of formal logic yet published, the Opportunity has Of course been taken to make some adjustments seen to be necessary in the original, with the author's full concurrence. Only in 36, however, has the numeration of cited passages been altered owing to the introduction of new matter. Those changes are as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more atwww.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Introduction -- The Greek variety of logic -- The precursors -- Aristotle -- The Megarian-Stoic school -- The close of antiquity -- The scholastic variety of logic -- Semiotic foundations -- Propositional logic -- Logic of terms -- Transitional period -- The mathematical variety of logic -- General foundations -- The first period -- Propositional logic -- Logic of terms -- Other doctrines -- The Indian variety of logic.