Studies in the History of Arabic Logic

COVER\r......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 4
PREFACE......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
ARABIC LOGIC : A BRIEF ACCOUNT......Page 10
AL-FARABI ON LOGICAL TRADITION......Page 18
AL-KINDl\'S SKETCH OF ARISTOTLE\'S ORGANON......Page 25
AL- FARABI ON THE QUESTION :IS EXISTENCE A PREDICATE?......Page 36
AN INTERPRETATION OF ARISTOTLE \'S DOCTRINE OF FUTURE CONTINGENCY AND EXCLUDED MIDDLE......Page 40
A TENTH - CENTURY ARAB - CHRISTIAN APOLOGIA FOR LOGIC......Page 52
THE LOGIC - CHAPTER OF MUHAMMAD  IBN AHMAD AL - KHWARIZMl\'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, KEYS TO THE SCIENCES (c. A.D. 980)......Page 61
AVICENNA ON THELOGIC OF\r\"CONDITIONAL\" PROPOSITIONS......Page 73
ABU\'L-SALT OF DENIA ON MODAL SYLLOGISMS......Page 84
AVERROES\' QUAESITUM ON\rASSERTORIC (ABSOLUTE) PROPOSITIONS......Page 88
I N D E X......Page 104