John Buridan

Treatise on Consequences (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The rediscovery of Aristotle in the late twelfth century led to a fresh development of logical theory, culminating in BuridanGCOs crucial comprehensive treatment in the Treatise on Consequences. BuridanGCOs novel treatment of the categorical syllogism laid the basis for the study of logic in succeeding centuries.This new translation offers a clear and accurate rendering of BuridanGs text. It is prefaced by a substantial Introduction that outlines the workGs context and explains its argument in detail. Also included is a translation of the Introduction (in French) to the 1976 edition of the Latin text by Hubert Hubien.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780823257218
• Artikelnr.: 44782249

Autorenporträt

John Buridan (Author) John Buridan, ca. 1300 to after 1358, was a French independent cleric who studied and later taught at the University of Paris. Stephen Read (Translator) Stephen Read is honorary professor of history and philosophy of logic at the Arché Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He edited and translated Thomas Bradwardine's Insolubilia (2010) and is the translator of a new edition of John Buridan's Treatise on Consequences (2014).