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Formalizing Medieval Logical Theoriesby Catarina Dutilh Novaes
Springer 2007; US$ 219.00This book presents novel formalizations of three of the most important medieval logical theories: supposition, consequence and obligations. In an additional fourth part, an in-depth analysis of the concept of formalization is presented ??? a crucial concept in the current logical panorama, which as such receives surprisingly little attention. Although formalizations of medieval logical theories have been proposed earlier in the literature, the formalizations presented here are all based on innovative vantage points: supposition theories as algorithmic hermeneutics, theories of consequence analyzed with tools borrowed from model-theory and two-dimensional semantics, and obligations as logical games. For this reason, this is perhaps the first... more...
Truth, etc.by Jonathan Barnes
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 45.00Truth, etc. is a wide-ranging study of ancient logic based upon the John Locke lectures given by the eminent philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. The book presupposes no knowledge of logic and no skill in ancient languages: all ancient texts are cited in English translation; and logical symbols and logical jargon are avoided so far as possible. Anyone interested in ancient philosophy, or in logic and its history, will find much to learn and enjoy. here. - ;Truth, etc. is a wide-ranging study of ancient logic based upon the John Locke lectures given by the eminent philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. Its six chapters discuss, first, certain ancient ideas about truth; secondly, the Aristotelian conception of predication; thirdly, various... more...
Inference from Signsby James Allen
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 40.00James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Allen masters a broad range of ancient texts, discussing Aristotle, the Sceptics, the Stoics, and the Epicureans, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of his topic. - ;James Allen presents an original and penetrating investigation of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. Inference from Signs examines an important chapter in ancient epistemology: the debates about the nature of evidence and of the inferences based on it--or signs and sign-inferences as they were called in antiquity. Special... more...
Logic and the Art of Memoryby Paolo Rossi; Stephen Clucas
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 170.00A brilliant translation of this classic account of the art of memory and the logic of linkage and combination, the two traditions deriving from the Classical world and the late medieval period, and becoming intertwined in the 16th Century. From this intertwining emerged a new tradition, a grandiose project for an 'alphabet of the world' or 'Clavis Universalis'. Translated with an Introduction by Stephen Clucas. more...
Ars Topicaby Sara Rubinelli
Springer 2009; US$ 139.00Offers a study of the nature of topoi, the conceptual ancestors of modern argument schemes, between Aristotle and Cicero. This title presents a treatment of Aristotle's and Cicero's methods of topoi and, by exploring their relationship, it illuminates an area of ancient rhetoric and logic which has been obscured for more than 2000 years. more...
The Works in Logic by Bosniac Authors in Arabicby Amir Ljubovic
BRILL 2008; US$ 134.00Offers and explains the hypothesis that the end of the 13th century does not denote the 'final stage' and the 'stage of decay' of Arabic logic as the 'Aristotelian logic' continues its life and development in the following period in Bosnia and Herzegovina where it had skilled interpreters. more...
The Many Roots of Medieval Logicby John Marenbon
BRILL 2007; US$ 95.00Studies whether non-Aristotelian traditions of ancient logic had a role for medieval logicians. This collection includes essays that give attention to Stoic logic and semantics, and to Neoplatonism. more...
The Force of Argumentby Jonathan Lear; Alex Oliver
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 133.00Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic. This title brings together articles that honour Smiley's work. It is suitable for those working across the logical spectrum - in philosophy of language, philosophical and mathematical logic, and philosophy of mathematics. more...
Ancient formal logicby I. M. Bochenski
Elsevier Science 1951; US$ 103.00Spectral Theory of Random Matrices more...
Tibetan Logicby Katherine Rogers
Snow Lion Publications 2009; US$ 39.95In the Ge-luk-pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, training in analytical reasoning is considered essential not only for the academic path, but because it enhances the pursuit of meditation. The Ge-luk-pa system of logic (the path of reasoning) produces a mind that is trained, powerful, flexible, and able to approach an idea from numerous points of view. When it is applied in meditation on emptiness, it is an essential tool for self-transformation. Tibetan Logic is based on an introductory logic manual by Pur-bu-jok Jam-ba-gya-tso (1825-1901) widely used in Ge-luk-pa monastic universities. Rogers takes up each of the manual's topics in turn, providing explanation and commentary, and investigates the role of reasoning in the Ge-luk-pa system... more...









