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Cartesian Logic

By Stephen Gaukroger

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
9780198248255, 0198248253
LCC
B1878.I56 G38 1989
Open Library ID
OL2185145M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6882355 bytes)
Pages
160\160
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

This book deals with a previously neglected episode in the history of logic and theories of cognition: the way in which conceptions of inference changed during the 17th century. Gaukroger focuses on the work of Descartes, contrasting his explanation of inference as an instantaneous grasp in accord with the natural light of reason with the Aristotelian view of inference as a discursive process. He offers a new interpretation of Descartes' contribution to the question, revealing it to be a significant advance over humanist and late Scholastic conceptions, and argues that the Cartesian account played a pivotal role in the development of our understanding of the nature of inference.

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