Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic / Marko Malink.
Malink, Marko, author.
2013
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Title Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic / Marko Malink.
Author Malink, Marko, author.
ISBN 9780674726352
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726352
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
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Description 1 online resource (384 p.) : 46 line illustrations, 18 tables
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674726352 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification 160.92
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. Combining analytic rigor with keen sensitivity to historical context, Marko Malink makes clear that the modal syllogistic forms a consistent, integrated system of logic, one that is closely related to other areas of Aristotle's philosophy. Aristotle's modal syllogistic differs significantly from modern modal logic. Malink considers the key to understanding the Aristotelian version to be the notion of predication discussed in the Topics--specifically, its theory of predicables (definition, genus, differentia, proprium, and accident) and the ten categories (substance, quantity, quality, and so on). The predicables introduce a distinction between essential and nonessential predication. In contrast, the categories distinguish between substantial and nonsubstantial predication. Malink builds on these insights in developing a semantics for Aristotle's modal propositions, one that verifies the ancient philosopher's claims of the validity and invalidity of modal inferences. While it acknowledges some limitations of this reconstruction, Aristotle's Modal Syllogistic brims with bold ideas, richly supported by close readings of the Greek texts.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
Introduction
1. Categorical Propositions
2. The dictum de omni
3. The Orthodox dictum Semantics
4. The Heterodox dictum Semantics
5. The Preorder Semantics
6. Ecthesis
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
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
Appendix C: Aristotle's Terms
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Passages
Index of Subjects

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