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Aristotle's Modal Proofs - Prior Analytics A8-22 in Predicate Logic (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Adriane Rini Aristotle's Modal Proofs - Prior Analytics A8-22 in Predicate Logic (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Adriane Rini
R3,651 Discovery Miles 36 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aristotle's modal syllogistic is his study of patterns of reasoning about necessity and possibility. Many scholars think the modal syllogistic is incoherent, a 'realm of darkness'. Others think it is coherent, but devise complicated formal modellings to mimic Aristotle's results. This volume provides a simple interpretation of Aristotle's modal syllogistic using standard predicate logic. Rini distinguishes between red terms, such as 'horse', 'plant' or 'man', which name things in virtue of features those things must have, and green terms, such as 'moving', which name things in virtue of their non-necessary features. By applying this distinction to the "Prior Analytics," Rini shows how traditional interpretive puzzles about the modal syllogistic melt away and the simple structure of Aristotle's own proofs is revealed. The result is an applied logic which provides needed links between Aristotle's views of science and logical demonstration. The volume is particularly valuable to researchers and students of the history of logic, Aristotle's theory of modality, and the philosophy of logic in general.

Logical Modalities from Aristotle to Carnap - The Story of Necessity (Hardcover): Max Cresswell, Edwin Mares, Adriane Rini Logical Modalities from Aristotle to Carnap - The Story of Necessity (Hardcover)
Max Cresswell, Edwin Mares, Adriane Rini
R2,442 Discovery Miles 24 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Interest in the metaphysics and logic of possible worlds goes back at least as far as Aristotle, but few books address the history of these important concepts. This volume offers new essays on the theories about the logical modalities (necessity and possibility) held by leading philosophers from Aristotle in ancient Greece to Rudolf Carnap in the twentieth century. The story begins with an illuminating discussion of Aristotle's views on the connection between logic and metaphysics, continues through the Stoic and mediaeval (including Arabic) traditions, and then moves to the early modern period with particular attention to Locke and Leibniz. The views of Kant, Peirce, C. I. Lewis and Carnap complete the volume. Many of the essays illuminate the connection between the historical figures studied, and recent or current work in the philosophy of modality. The result is a rich and wide-ranging picture of the history of the logical modalities.

Logical Modalities from Aristotle to Carnap - The Story of Necessity (Paperback): Max Cresswell, Edwin Mares, Adriane Rini Logical Modalities from Aristotle to Carnap - The Story of Necessity (Paperback)
Max Cresswell, Edwin Mares, Adriane Rini
R1,116 Discovery Miles 11 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Interest in the metaphysics and logic of possible worlds goes back at least as far as Aristotle, but few books address the history of these important concepts. This volume offers new essays on the theories about the logical modalities (necessity and possibility) held by leading philosophers from Aristotle in ancient Greece to Rudolf Carnap in the twentieth century. The story begins with an illuminating discussion of Aristotle's views on the connection between logic and metaphysics, continues through the Stoic and mediaeval (including Arabic) traditions, and then moves to the early modern period with particular attention to Locke and Leibniz. The views of Kant, Peirce, C. I. Lewis and Carnap complete the volume. Many of the essays illuminate the connection between the historical figures studied, and recent or current work in the philosophy of modality. The result is a rich and wide-ranging picture of the history of the logical modalities.

Aristotle's Modal Proofs - Prior Analytics A8-22 in Predicate Logic (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Adriane Rini Aristotle's Modal Proofs - Prior Analytics A8-22 in Predicate Logic (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Adriane Rini
R3,496 Discovery Miles 34 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aristotle's modal syllogistic is his study of patterns of reasoning about necessity and possibility. Many scholars think the modal syllogistic is incoherent, a 'realm of darkness'. Others think it is coherent, but devise complicated formal modellings to mimic Aristotle's results. This volume provides a simple interpretation of Aristotle's modal syllogistic using standard predicate logic. Rini distinguishes between red terms, such as 'horse', 'plant' or 'man', which name things in virtue of features those things must have, and green terms, such as 'moving', which name things in virtue of their non-necessary features. By applying this distinction to the "Prior Analytics," Rini shows how traditional interpretive puzzles about the modal syllogistic melt away and the simple structure of Aristotle's own proofs is revealed. The result is an applied logic which provides needed links between Aristotle's views of science and logical demonstration. The volume is particularly valuable to researchers and students of the history of logic, Aristotle's theory of modality, and the philosophy of logic in general.

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