Studies in the history of logic /
It must be acknowledged that the essays presented here do not constitute a systematic account of any sort but represent occasional forays. Some deal with matters that happened to evoke Rescher's interest, others grew out of a chance encounter with a text he deemed to be of particular value. Thr...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2006.
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| Series: | Nicholas Rescher collected papers ;
v. 10. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=603678 |
Table of Contents:
- Table of Contents; PREFACE; ON ARISTOTLE'S APODEICTICSYLLOGISMS; AL-KINDĪ'S SKETCH OF ARISTOTLE'SORGANON; A NINTH-CENTURY ARABICLOGICIAN ON:IS EXISTENCE A PREDICATE?; AVICENNA ON THE LOGIC OF"CONDITIONAL" PROPOSITIONS; AVICENNA ON THE LOGIC OFQUESTIONS; THE ARABIC THEORY OFTEMPORAL MODAL SYLLOGISTIC; CHOICE WITHOUT PREFERENCE:THE PROBLEM OF "BURIDAN'S ASS"; LEIBNIZ'S INTERPRETATIONOF HIS LOGICAL CALCULI; RUSSELL AND MODAL LOGIC; DEFAULT REASONING; Name Index.