| Language and Logic in the Post-Medieval Period 1974 Edition Contributor(s): Ashworth, E. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9027704643 ISBN-13: 9789027704641 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1974 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 160.903 |
| LCCN: 74076478 |
| Series: Synthese Historical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.48" W x 9.58" (1.43 lbs) 309 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Keckermann remarked of the sixteenth century, "never from the begin- ning of the world was there a period so keen on logic, or in which more books on logic were produced and studies oflogic flourished more abun- dantly than the period-in which we live. " 1 But despite the great profusion of books to which he refers, and despite the dominant position occupied by logic in the educational system of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries, very little work has been done on the logic of the post- medieval period. The only complete study is that of Risse, whose account, while historically exhaustive, pays little attention to the actual logical 2 doctrines discussed. Otherwise, one can tum to Vasoli for a study of humanism, to Munoz Delgado for scholastic logic in Spain, and to Gilbert and Randall for scientific method, but this still leaves vast areas untouched. In this book I cannot hope to remedy all the deficiencies of previous studies, for to survey the literature alone would take a life-time. As a result I have limited myself in various ways. In the first place, I con- centrate only on those matters which are of particular interest to me, namely theories of meaning and reference, and formal logic. |
