Medieval Formal Logic: Obligations, Insolubles and Consequences

ISBN-13: 9789048156047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 242 str.

Mikko Yrjonsuuri

Opis

Central topics in medieval logic are here treated in a way that is congenial to the modern reader, without compromising historical reliability. The achievements of medieval logic are made available to a wider philosophical public then the medievalists themselves. The three genres of logica moderna arising in a later Middle Ages are covered: obligations, insolubles and consequences - the first time these have been treated in such a unified way. The articles on obligations look at the role of logical consistence in medieval disputation techniques. Those on insolubles concentrate on medieval solutions to the Liar Paradox. There is also a systematic account of how medieval authors described the logical content of an inference, and how they thought that the validity of an inference could be guaranteed.

Spis treści

Preface. Part I: Obligations and Insolubles. Duties, Rules and Interpretations in Obligational Disputations; M. Yrjönsuuri. Disputation and Change of Belief - Burley's Theory of Obligationes as a Theory of Belief Revision; H. Lagerlund, E.J. Olsson. Obligations and Liars; C.J. Martin. The Relations between Insolubles and Obligations in Medieval Disputations; F. Pironet. Part II: Consequences. Consequence as Inference: Mediaeval Proof Theory 1300-1350; P. King. Consequence and Rules of Consequence in the Post-Ockham Period; I. Boh. Self-reference and Validity Revisited; S. Read. Part III: Translations. The Emmeran Treatise on False Positio; Anonymous. The Emmeran Treatise on Impossible Positio; Anonymous. Whether in Every Valid Consequence the Opposite of the Antecedent can be Inferred from the Opposite of the Consequent? Pseudo-Scotus. Index of Names.