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Introduction to Medieval Logic

By Alexander Broadie

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
1993
ISBN
0198240260, 9780198240266
LCC
BC34 .B76 1993
Open Library ID
OL1729069M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7518241 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
227\227
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Medieval logicians advanced far beyond the logic of Aristotle, and this book shows how far that advance took them in two central areas. Broadie focuses upon the work of some of the great figures of the fourteenth century, including Walter Burley, William Ockham, John Buridan, Albert of Saxony, and Paul of Venice, and deals with their theories of truth conditions and validity conditions. He reveals how much of what seems characteristically twentieth-century logic was familiar long ago. Broadie has extensively revised his text for this second edition, while preserving the character of the first. There are now fuller accounts of supposition, of intentional contexts, and of medieval syllogistic, and the conclusion has been substantially expanded.

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