Abstract
Jan Lukasiewicz's treatise on Aristotle's Syllogistic, published in the 1950s, has been very influential in framing contemporary understanding of Aristotle's logical systems. However, Lukasiewicz's interpretation is based on a number of tendentious claims, not least, the claim that the syllogistic was intended to apply only to non-empty terms. I show that this interpretation is not true to Aristotle's text and that a more coherent and faithful interpretation admits empty terms while maintaining all the relations of the traditional square of opposition.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 535-544 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Philosophical Association |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 22 Sept 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Aristotle
- Square of opposition
- Lukasiewicz
- Empty terms
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FOUNDATIONS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE: Foundations of Logical Consequence
Read, S. (PI), Priest, G. (CoI), Shapiro, S. (CoI) & Celani, L. (Student)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/01/09 → 30/06/12
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