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Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
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Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Series: Handbook of the History of Logic
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Starting at the very beginning with Aristotle's founding
contributions, logic has been graced by several periods in which
the subject has flourished, attaining standards of rigour and
conceptual sophistication underpinning a large and deserved
reputation as a leading expression of human intellectual effort. It
is widely recognized that the period from the mid-19th century
until the three-quarter mark of the century just past marked one of
these golden ages, a period of explosive creativity and
transforming insights. It has been said that ignorance of our
history is a kind of amnesia, concerning which it is wise to note
that amnesia is an illness. It would be a matter for regret, if we
lost contact with another of logic's golden ages, one that greatly
exceeds in reach that enjoyed by mathematical symbolic logic. This
is the period between the 11th and 16th centuries, loosely
conceived of as the Middle Ages. The logic of this period does not
have the expressive virtues afforded by the symbolic resources of
uninterpreted calculi, but mediaeval logic rivals in range,
originality and intellectual robustness a good deal of the modern
record. The range of logic in this period is striking, extending
from investigation of quantifiers and logic consequence to
inquiries into logical truth; from theories of reference to
accounts of identity; from work on the modalities to the stirrings
of the logic of relations, from theories of meaning to analyses of
the paradoxes, and more. While the scope of mediaeval logic is
impressive, of greater importance is that nearly all of it can be
read by the modern logician with at least some prospect of profit.
The last thing that mediaeval logic is, is a museum piece.
"Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic" is an indispensable research tool
for anyone interested in the development of logic, including
researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate students in logic,
history of logic, mathematics, history of mathematics, computer
science and AI, linguistics, cognitive science, argumentation
theory, philosophy, and the history of ideas.
- Provides detailed and comprehensive chapters covering the entire
range of modal logic
- Contains the latest scholarly discoveries and interpretative
insights that answer many questions in the field of logic
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