Aristotle's modal syllogistic /

Aristotle's modal syllogistic /

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Author / Creator:	Malink, Marko, 1980-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Description:	xi, 366 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Aristotle. Aristotle. -- Prior analytics. Aristotle. Prior analytics (Aristotle) Logic, Ancient. Modality (Logic) Syllogism. Predicate (Logic) Logic, Ancient. Modality (Logic) Predicate (Logic) Syllogism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9370627

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ISBN:	9780674724549 (alk. paper) 0674724542 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-347) and index.
Summary:	"Aristotle was the founder not only of logic but also of modal logic. In the Prior Analytics he developed a complex system of modal syllogistic which, while influential, has been disputed since antiquity--and is today widely regarded as incoherent. In this meticulously argued new study, Marko Malink presents a major reinterpretation of Aristotle's modal syllogistic. Combining analytic rigor with keen sensitivity to historical context, he makes clear that the modal syllogistic forms a consistent, integreated system of logic, one that is closely related to other areas of Aristotle's philosophy." -- book flap.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
Introduction
I. The Assertoric Syllogistic
1. Categorical Propositions
2. The dictum de omni
3. The Orthodox dictum Semantics
4. The Heterodox dictum Semantics
5. The Preorder Semantics
6. Ecthesis
II. The Apodeictic Syllogistic
7. The Apodeictic dictum de omni
8. Barbara NXN and the Four Predicables
9. Categories in the Topics
10. Essence Terms and Substance Terms
11. Universal Negative Necessity Propositions
12. Particular Necessity Propositions
III. The Problematic Syllogistic
13. Modal Opposition
14. Establishing Inconcludence
15. A Deductive System for the Modal Syllogistic
16. The Validity of XQM-Moods
17. Two-Sided Possibility Propositions
18. One-Sided Possibility Propositions
Appendix A. Aristotle's Claims of Validity, Invalidity, and Inconcludence
Appendix B. The Predicable Semantics of the Modal Syllogistic
An Overview of the Predicable Semantics
Preliminaries
Valid Moods
Invalid Moods
Inconcludent Premise Pairs
Miscellany
Appendix C. Aristotle's Terms
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Passages
Index of Subjects