ISBN:
9781402058530
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Logic, Epistemology, and The Unity of Science 7
Keywords:
Logic
;
Philosophy, medieval
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Logik
;
Formalisierung
;
Geschichte 500-1500
Abstract:
This book presents formalizations of three important medieval logical theories: supposition, consequence and obligations. These are based on innovative vantage points: supposition theories as algorithmic hermeneutics, theories of consequence analyzed with tools borrowed from model-theory and two-dimensional semantics, and obligations as logical games. The analysis of medieval logic is relevant for the modern philosopher and logician. This is the first book to render medieval logical theories accessible to the modern philosopher.
Abstract:
This book presents novel formalizations of three of the most important medieval logical theories: supposition, consequence and obligations. In an additional fourth part, an in-depth analysis of the concept of formalization is presented a crucial concept in the current logical panorama, which as such receives surprisingly little attention. Although formalizations of medieval logical theories have been proposed earlier in the literature, the formalizations presented here are all based on innovative vantage points: supposition theories as algorithmic hermeneutics, theories of consequence analyzed with tools borrowed from model-theory and two-dimensional semantics, and obligations as logical games. For this reason, this is perhaps the first time that these medieval logical theories are made fully accessible to the modern philosopher and logician who wishes to obtain a better grasp of them, but who has always been held back by the lack of appropriate translations into modern terms.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter; Supposition Theory: Algorithmic Hermeneutics; Buridan's Notion of Consequentia; Obligationes as Logical Games; The Philosophy of Formalization; Back Matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-309) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-5853-0
