Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic marks the initial appearance of the
multi-volume Handbook of the History of Logic. Additional volumes will
be published when ready, rather than in strict chronological order.
Soon to appear are The Rise of Modern Logic: From Leibniz to Frege.
Also in preparation are Logic From Russell to Gödel, Logic and the
Modalities in the Twentieth Century, and The Many-Valued and
Non-Monotonic Turn in Logic. Further volumes will follow, including
Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic and Logic: A History of its Central.
In designing the Handbook of the History of Logic, the Editors have
taken the view that the history of logic holds more than an
antiquarian interest, and that a knowledge of logic's rich and
sophisticated development is, in various respects, relevant to the
research programmes of the present day. Ancient logic is no exception.
The present volume attests to the distant origins of some of modern
logic's most important features, such as can be found in the claim by
the authors of the chapter on Aristotle's early logic that, from its
infancy, the theory of the syllogism is an example of an
intuitionistic, non-monotonic, relevantly paraconsistent logic.
Similarly, in addition to its comparative earliness, what is striking
about the best of the Megarian and Stoic traditions is their
sophistication and originality.
Logic is an indispensably important pivot of the Western intellectual
tradition. But, as the chapters on Indian and Arabic logic make clear,
logic's parentage extends more widely than any direct line from the
Greek city states. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that for
centuries logic has been an unfetteredly international enterprise,
whose research programmes reach to every corner of the learned world.
Like its companion volumes, Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic is the
result of a design that gives to its distinguished authors as much
space as would be needed to produce highly authoritative chapters,
rich in detail and interpretative reach. The aim of the Editors is to
have placed before the relevant intellectual communities a research
tool of indispensable value.
Together with the other volumes, Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic, will
be essential reading for everyone with a curiosity about logic's long
development, especially researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate
students in logic in all its forms, argumentation theory, AI and
computer science, cognitive psychology and neuroscience, linguistics,
forensics, philosophy and the history of philosophy, and the history
of ideas.
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ISBN
9780444504661
Publisert
2013
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
North Holland
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Antall sider
628
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