Prior analytics
by Aristotle
"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 before he actually came up with syllogistic reasoning. Syllogism is the subject of the Prior Analytics, and the first book, to which this volume is devoted, offers a fairly coherent presentation of Aristotle's logic as a general theory of ded…
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- Full title :Prior analytics. / Aristotle ; translated with an introduction and commentary by Gisela Striker.
Summary
"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 before he actually came up with syllogistic reasoning. Syllogism is the subject of the Prior Analytics, and the first book, to which this volume is devoted, offers a fairly coherent presentation of Aristotle's logic as a general theory of deductive argument."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 268 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199250400, 0199250405, 9780199250417, 0199250413
- oclc:ocn406999824
- 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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