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Truth, etc.
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 48.99Truth, 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... more...
Logic and the Art of Memory
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... more...
Ars Topica
Springer 2009; US$ 129.99Offers 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 Force of Argument
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 133.00Timothy Smiley has made ground-breaking contributions to modal logic, free logic, multiple-conclusion logic, and plural logic; he has illuminated Aristotle?s syllogistic, the ideas of logical form and consequence, and the distinction between assertion and rejection; and his debunking work on the theory of descriptions is a tour de force. In this volume,... more...
The Works in Logic by Bosniac Authors in Arabic
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 Logic
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 Discovery of Chinese Logic
BRILL 2011; US$ 221.00This book analyzes the discovery of Chinese logic as a paradigmatic case of the epistemic shifts that have shaped interpretations of China?s intellectual heritage. Reconstructing the transcultural genealogy of a modern discourse, it adds a neglected chapter to the global history of philosophy. more...
Sweet Reason
Wiley 2011; US$ 67.95Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural language reasoning, analytical writing, critical thinking, set theory, and the philosophy of logic and mathematics. An innovative introduction... more...
Buddhist Philosophy of Language in India
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 28.99Jñanasrimitra (975-1025) was regarded by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists as the most important Indian philosopher of his generation. His theory of exclusion combined a philosophy of language with a theory of conceptual content, or, in simpler terms, an investigation into the nature of our words and thoughts. His theory informed nearly all the work... more...









