Starting at the very beginning with Aristotle's founding
contributions, logic has been graced by several periods in which the
subject has flourished, attaining standards of rigour and conceptual
sophistication underpinning a large and deserved reputation as a
leading expression of human intellectual effort. It is widely
recognized that the period from the mid-19th century until the
three-quarter mark of the century just past marked one of these golden
ages, a period of explosive creativity and transforming insights. It
has been said that ignorance of our history is a kind of amnesia,
concerning which it is wise to note that amnesia is an illness. It
would be a matter for regret, if we lost contact with another of
logic's golden ages, one that greatly exceeds in reach that enjoyed by
mathematical symbolic logic. This is the period between the 11th and
16th centuries, loosely conceived of as the Middle Ages. The logic of
this period does not have the expressive virtues afforded by the
symbolic resources of uninterpreted calculi, but mediaeval logic
rivals in range, originality and intellectual robustness a good deal
of the modern record. The range of logic in this period is striking,
extending from investigation of quantifiers and logic consequence to
inquiries into logical truth; from theories of reference to accounts
of identity; from work on the modalities to the stirrings of the logic
of relations, from theories of meaning to analyses of the paradoxes,
and more. While the scope of mediaeval logic is impressive, of greater
importance is that nearly all of it can be read by the modern logician
with at least some prospect of profit. The last thing that mediaeval
logic is, is a museum piece.
_Mediaeval and Renaissance Logic_ is an indispensable research tool
for anyone interested in the development of logic, including
researchers, graduate and senior undergraduate students in logic,
history of logic, mathematics, history of mathematics, computer
science and AI, linguistics, cognitive science, argumentation theory,
philosophy, and the history of ideas.
- Provides detailed and comprehensive chapters covering the entire
range of modal logic
- Contains the latest scholarly discoveries and interpretative
insights that answer many questions in the field of logic
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ISBN
9780444516251
Publisert
2008
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North Holland
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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728
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