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History of Logic: Earlier Traditions
Notes in this series, arranged in reading order.
#history-of-logic#history-of-philosophy#logical-consequence#medieval-logic#syllogistic-logicAll 36 topics
Reading order
6 parts- Greek and Late-Antique Logic Aristotelian demonstration, syllogistic inference, Stoic arguments, and the commentators and translators who shaped their later study. #history-of-logic#ancient-logic#aristotle#stoicism#history-of-philosophy#syllogistic-logic#propositional-logic#demonstration Part 1
- Arabic, Islamic, and Jewish Logical Traditions Translation, demonstration, Avicennan innovations, later teaching traditions, and the movement of logical ideas across Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin. #history-of-logic#arabic-logic#avicenna#medieval-logic#islamic-philosophy#jewish-philosophy#syllogistic-logic#translation Part 2
- Medieval Latin Logic: Reference, Consequence, and Paradox How medieval logicians analyzed the use of terms, the force of logical particles, valid consequences, and self-referential statements. #history-of-logic#medieval-logic#semantics#paradoxes#supposition-theory#logical-consequence#self-reference#history-of-philosophy Part 3
- Indian Logic: Inference, Evidence, and Analysis Nyāya, Buddhist theories of inference, and Navya-Nyāya's technical language, examined through the justification and failure of inferential signs. #history-of-logic#indian-logic#nyaya#buddhist-logic#epistemology#inference#navya-nyaya#history-of-philosophy Part 4
- Chinese Traditions of Argument: Names, Kinds, and Distinctions Mohist standards of reasoning, the School of Names, the white-horse discussion, and Xunzi's account of naming and orderly discourse. #history-of-logic#chinese-philosophy#mohism#argumentation#philosophy-of-language#analogy#school-of-names#history-of-philosophy Part 5
- Before Boole: Reform, Leibniz, and Bolzano Early-modern projects for improving inquiry and calculation, followed by Bolzano's account of propositions, variation, consequence, and explanation. #history-of-logic#early-modern-logic#leibniz#bolzano#induction#logical-consequence#symbolic-logic#history-of-philosophy Part 6