Aristotle's Prior analytics
by Aristotle
The Prior Analytics marks the beginning of formal logic, and is one of the most influential works in the history of thought. It is here that Aristotle sets out his system of syllogistic reasoning. The first book, to which this volume is devoted, offers a coherent presentation of Aristotle's logic as a general theory of deductive argument. - ;Aristotle's Prior Analytics marks the beginning of formal logic. For Aristotle himself, this meant the discovery of a general theory of valid deductive arg…
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- Full title :Aristotle's Prior analytics. / translated with an introduction and commentary by GIisela Striker.
Summary
The Prior Analytics marks the beginning of formal logic, and is one of the most influential works in the history of thought. It is here that Aristotle sets out his system of syllogistic reasoning. The first book, to which this volume is devoted, offers a coherent presentation of Aristotle's logic as a general theory of deductive argument. - ;Aristotle's Prior Analytics marks the beginning of formal logic. For Aristotle himself, this meant the discovery of a general theory of valid deductive argument, a project that he had described as either impossible or impracticable, probably not very long.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0191568953, 9780191568954
- oclc:ocn958542787
- LC Classification:B440.A5
- Dewey Decimal:160
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Notes on translation and commentary -- Translation -- Commentary -- Notes on the text.
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