Aristotle and logical theory / Jonathan Lear.

By: Lear, Jonathan [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge paperback library: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980 (1990 printing)Description: xi, 123 pages : illISBN: 0521311780; 0521230314Other title: Aristotle & logical theory [Spine title]Subject(s): Aristotle -- Contributions in logic | Logic -- HistoryDDC classification: 160/.92/4 LOC classification: B491.L8 | L38 1980

Contents:

1. Syllogistic consequence --- 2. Completeness and compactness --- 3. Hypothetical syllogisms --- 4. Invalid inference --- 5. Invalid proofs -- Appendix: a note on ignorance --- 6. Proof by refutation philosophe.

Action note: commitment to retain 20200304Summary: Aristotle was the first and one of the greatest logicians. He not only devised the first system of formal logic, but also raised many fundamental problems in the philosophy of logic. In this book, Dr Lear shows how Aristotle's discussion of logical consequence, validity and proof can contribute to contemporary debates in the philosophy of logic. No background knowledge of Aristotle is assumed. -- Publisher description.

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Based on the author's thesis, Rockefeller University.

Spine title: Aristotle & logical theory.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-119) and indexes.

Aristotle was the first and one of the greatest logicians. He not only devised the first system of formal logic, but also raised many fundamental problems in the philosophy of logic. In this book, Dr Lear shows how Aristotle's discussion of logical consequence, validity and proof can contribute to contemporary debates in the philosophy of logic. No background knowledge of Aristotle is assumed. -- Publisher description.

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