Greek, Indian and Arabic Logic
( Volume 1 )
Publication series ：Volume 1
Author： Gabbay Dov M.;Woods John
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2004
E-ISBN: 9780080532868
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444504661
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780444504661
Subject： O1-0 mathematical theory
Language： ENG
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Description
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 logi
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