Truth, Etc.: Six Lectures on Ancient Logic

ISBN-13: 9780199568178 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 560 str.

Jonathan Barnes

Opis

'Truth, etc.' is a study of ancient logic based upon the John Locke lectures given by the philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. The book presupposes no knowledge of logic and no skill in ancient languages; all ancient texts are cited in English translation; and logical symbols and logical jargon are avoided so far as possible.

Recenzje

The logic and philosophy is lightened and enlightened, with the author's splendid lightness of touch, of word and of style, which takes us through quips, tales and insights... At heart, Truth,etc. is a guided tour through significant controversies that kept the hearts beating of antiquity's logicians... Readers are likely to delight in the scholarship and learning on display.

O autorze

Jonathan Barnes was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College. For 25 years he taught at Oxford, being a Fellow first of Oriel and then of Balliol. He then spent eight years at the University of Geneva. He is now professor of ancient philosophy at the Sorbonne. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many publications include The Ontological Argument (Macmillan, 1972); Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Press, 2nd edition 1993); Aristotle (OUP, 1982); The Complete Works of Aristotle (Princeton UP, 1984); with J. Annas, The Modes of Scepticism (CUP, 1985); Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin, 1987); The Toils of Scepticism (CUP, 1990); The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (CUP, 1995); and Porphyry: Introduction (Clarendon Press, 2003). He lives in France.