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Temporal Modalities in Arabic Logic

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  1. Nicholas Rescher
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Part of the book series: Foundations of Language Supplementary Series (FLSS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 1-1

  3. Sources

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 1-2

  4. Background

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 2-3

  5. Fundamental Ideas

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 3-4

  6. Basic Modal Relations

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 4-6

  7. Enumeration of Modal Propositions

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 6-8

  8. Enumeration of Modal Propositions

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 9-13

  9. Rules for Contradictories

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 13-14

  10. Conversion (I.E., Simple Conversion)

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 14-20

  11. C-Conversion (Conversion by Contradiction)

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 20-25

  12. Modal Syllogisms

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 26-26

  13. Avicenna as the Source of Al-Qazwīnī Al-Kātibī’s Logic of Modality

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 26-34

  14. Temporal Modalities Among the Ancient Greeks and the Latin Medievals

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 34-37

  15. Conclusion

    • Nicholas Rescher
    Pages 37-38

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 39-50
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About this book

The aim of this monograph is to expound the conceptions of temporalized modality at issue in various Arabic logical texts. I claim to have been able to make good logical sense of doctrines of which even the later Arab logicians themselves came to despair. In the process, a substantially new area of the history of logic has come into a clear view. I am indebted to Anne Cross (Mrs. Michael) Pelon and especially Mr. Bas van Fraassen for assistance in the research. Miss Dorothy Henle merits my thanks for preparing the difficult typescript for the printer and helping to see the book through the press. Also, I am grateful to the Editors of Foun­ dations of Language for inviting inclusion of the monograph in the Supple­ mentary Series of the journal. The present work is part of a series of studies of Arabic contributions to logic supported by research grants from the National Science Foundation. It affords me much pleasure to record my sincere thanks for this assistance.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Temporal Modalities in Arabic Logic

  • Authors: Nicholas Rescher

  • Series Title: Foundations of Language Supplementary Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3523-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company 1967

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0083-4Published: 31 July 1966

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3525-5Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-3523-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2214-0220

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-0239

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 50

  • Topics: Logic, Philosophy, general, Arabic

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