Logic and Ontology in the Syllogistic of Robert Kilwardby
Author | : Paul Thom |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2007-04-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789047419594 |
ISBN-13 | : 9047419596 |
Rating | : 4/5 (596 Downloads) |
Download or read book Logic and Ontology in the Syllogistic of Robert Kilwardby written by Paul Thom and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest 13th-century Latin commentators on Aristotle, Robert Kilwardby (d.1279) is an original logician and an ingenious interpreter. This is the first full-length study of his Prior Analytics commentary, and the first study to work from the medieval manuscripts. Kilwardby interprets Aristotle's syllogistic within a broad ontological context that includes the four causes, and concepts of degrees of perfection. His interpretation aims to preserve Aristotle's theses as correct; and he formulates semantic and syntactic hypotheses that achieve this aim with almost total perfection. The book includes an appendix offering a modern rendering of Kilwardby's original logical ideas.