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John Buridan's 'Treatise on Consequences' contains arguably the most important treatment of logical consequence in the middle ages. Buridan was a philosopher and logician working at the University of Paris in the mid-fourteenth century. His works include commentaries on many of Aristo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Buridan, Jean, 1300-1358 (Author)
Other Authors: Read, Stephen, 1947- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Medieval philosophy.
Subjects:
Logic > Early works to 1800.
Proposition (Logic)
Logic, Medieval.
Syllogism.
Proposition (Logique)
Logique médiévale.
Syllogisme.
PHILOSOPHY > Logic.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Logic
Logic, Medieval
Syllogism
Logical Consequence.
history of logic.
modality.
syllogism.
truth-preservation.
Electronic books.
Early works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Editorial Introduction
  • Book I. Consequences in General and Consequences between Assertoric Propositions. Chapter 1: The Truth and Falsity of Propositions
  • Chapter 2: The Causes of the Truth and Falsity of Propositions
  • Chapter 3: The Definition of Consequence
  • Chapter 4: The Division of Consequences
  • Chapter 5: The Supposition of Terms
  • Chapter 6: The Ampliation of Terms
  • Chapter 7: The Matter and Form of Propositions
  • Chapter 8: Conclusions
  • Book II. Consequences between Modal Propositions. Chapter 1: Modal Propositions. Chapter 2: The Division of Modal Propositions into Composite and Divided
  • Chapter 3: The Division of Divided Modal Propositions into Affirmative and Negative
  • Chapter 4: The Ampliation of the Terms of Divided Modal Propositions
  • Chapter 5: Equivalences
  • Chapter 6: Conclusions about Divided Modals
  • Chapter 7: Conclusions about Composite Modals
  • Book III. Syllogisms between Assertoric Propositions. Part I: Syllogisms between Propositions Containing Direct Terms. Chapter 1: The Division of Consequences
  • Chapter 2: The Syllogism
  • Chapter 3: The Division of Terms into Finite and Infinite. Chapter 4: Conclusions
  • Part II: Syllogisms between Propositions Containing Oblique Terms. Chapter 1: Propositions Containing Oblique Terms
  • Chapter 2: The Syllogistic Extremes and Middle
  • Chapter 3: Conclusions
  • Book IV. Syllogisms between Modal Propositions. Chapter 1: Syllogisms between Composite Modal Propositions
  • Chapter 2: Syllogisms between Divided Propositions of Necessity and Possibility
  • Chapter 3: Syllogisms between Divided Modal Propositions of Each- Way Contingency
  • Chapter 4: Syllogisms between Reduplicative Propositions
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index

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