Relational syllogisms and the history of Arabic logic, 900-1900 / / by Khaled El-Rouayheb.

• Superior document: Islamic philosophy, theology and science. Texts and studies ; v. 80
• Author: El-Rouayheb, Khaled.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 80.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Relational inferences are a well-known problem for Aristotelian logic. This book charts the development of thinking about this anomaly, from the beginnings of the Arabic logical tradition in the tenth century to the end of the nineteenth. Based in large part on hitherto unstudied manuscripts and rar...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / K. El-Rouayheb
• Introduction / K. El-Rouayheb
• 1. The ‘Classical’ Period, 900–1200 / K. El-Rouayheb
• 2. The Challenge of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210) and its Aftermath, 1200–1350 / K. El-Rouayheb
• 3. Epitomes, Commentaries And Glosses, 1350–1600 / K. El-Rouayheb
• 4. The Christian-Arabic, North African, Indo-Muslim And Iranian Traditions Of Logic, 1600–1900 / K. El-Rouayheb
• 5. Ottoman Logic, 1600–1800 / K. El-Rouayheb
• 6. Ismāʿīl Gelenbevī (d. 1791) and the Logic of Unfamiliar Syllogisms / K. El-Rouayheb
• 7. The Ottoman Tradition: The Nineteenth Century / K. El-Rouayheb
• Conclusion / K. El-Rouayheb
• Glossary / K. El-Rouayheb
• Bibliography / K. El-Rouayheb
• Index Of Arabic And Turkish Terms / K. El-Rouayheb
• Index Of English Terms / K. El-Rouayheb
• Index Of Proper Names / K. El-Rouayheb.