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A History of Formal Logic

by I. M. Bochenski, Ivo Thomas

Pages: 567

Contributors: I. M. Bochenski,Ivo Thomas

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

Place of Publication: Notre Dame, IN

Publication Year: 1961

Subjects: Logic--History

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface to the German Edition

Preface to the English Edition

Acknowledgements

Contents

Part I Introduction

Part II the Greek Variety of Logic

I. the Precursors

Ii. Aristotle

Iii. the Megarian-Stoic School

Iv. the Close of Antiquity

Part III the Scholastic Variety of Logic

I. Semiotic Foundations

Iii. Logic of Terms

Part IV Transitional Period

Part V the Mathematical Variety of Logic

I. General Foundations

Iii. Propositional Logic

Iv. Logic of Terms

V: Other Doctrines

Part VI the Indian Variety of Logic

References Bibliography Indices

I. References

Ii. Bibliography

Abbreviations

Iii. Indices

Bibliography Additions to Bibliography

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