Al-Fārābī and Aristotelian syllogistics : Greek theory and Islamic practice /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Lameer, Joep. |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994. |
| Description: | xx, 351 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science v. 20 |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1710234 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Al-Farabi's concern with Aristotelian logic and the role of the Prior Analytics. 2. The primacy of the assertoric syllogism. 3. This study: its relevance, structure, and objectives
- I. The Sources. 2. The Prior Analytics I: translations. 3. The Prior Analytics II: commentaries & paraphrases. 4. The Prior Analytics III: related works. 5. Consulting the Prior Analytics-complex: methodology. 6. Other primary sources
- II. The Syllogism and its Kinds. 2. The syllogism: simple and compound deductions. 3. Simple deductions: predicative and conditional. 4. Predicative deductions: hamli or jazmi? 5. Predicative deductions: direct deductions, and those 'involving a contradiction'. 6. Direct deductions: hyparctic, necessary, and possible. 7. Compound deductions
- III. Technical Terms and Expressions. 2. Aristotelian syllogistics: technical terms and expressions. 3. Technical terms in al-Farabi's syllogistics. 4. Predication in the Arabic Prior Analytics. 5. Predication in al-Farabi's syllogistics. 6. Quality and quantity of propositions in Aristotle and al-Farabi
- IV. The Assertoric Syllogism. 2. The conversion of propositions. 3. The proofs of the imperfect moods. 4. Al-Farabi and the fourth figure. 5. The foundation of syllogistic theory
- V. Induction. 2. Induction in Aristotle. 3. Induction in al-Farabi: general remarks. 4. The Topics. 5. The Prior Analytics II.23. 6. Al-Farabi's interpretation of Prior Analytics II.23 and the Arabic version of II.25. 7. The Posterior Analytics
- VI. The Paradigm. 2. The paradigm in Aristotle. 3. The paradigm in al-Farabi I: the Kitab al-Qiyas al-saghir. 4. The paradigm in al-Farabi II: the Kitab al-Mudkhal ila l-qiyas. 5. The paradigm in al-Farabi III: the Sharh al-Qiyas
- VII. The Istidlal bi-l-Shahid ala l-Ghaib. 2. The mechanism of the argument: al-Farabi's account. 3. The verification of the proposition containing the illa. 4. The logical structure of the istidlal bi-l-shahid ala l-ghaib
- VIII. The Qiyas Fiqhi. 2. The qiyas fiqhi and the Prior Analytics II.23. 3. The qiyas fiqhi and assertoric syllogistics. 4. The qiyas fiqhi: al-Farabi's fourfold classification
- IX. Religion, Philosophy, and Logic. 2. The Perfect State. 3. The Political Regime. 4. The Attainment of Happiness. 5. The Book of Letters. Index of Primary Sources
- Index of Arabic Manuscripts.