"We like to think of the aim of the book as doing for modern logic what John Corcoran did for the work of George Boole, namely to make sense of and do justice to the idea that Aristotelian syllogistic logic contributed to its creation. More specifically, the chapters show that the period between the nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a parallel development of modern logicians reshaping syllogism and reflections on syllogism shaping modern logic. This might sound odd as it stands in striking contrast to the standard narrative about the history of modern logic, which says that its creation and development happened in spite of, or in direct opposition to, the old logic. W. V. Quine, for one, wrote that Aristotelian logic is to modern logic what the ‘arithmetic of primitive tribes’ is to modern mathematics: not even a scientific predecessor but a ‘pre-scientific fragment’.", p. 1.

Introduction. History of Modern Logic in a New Key

Matteo Cosci;
2023-01-01

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"We like to think of the aim of the book as doing for modern logic what John Corcoran did for the work of George Boole, namely to make sense of and do justice to the idea that Aristotelian syllogistic logic contributed to its creation. More specifically, the chapters show that the period between the nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a parallel development of modern logicians reshaping syllogism and reflections on syllogism shaping modern logic. This might sound odd as it stands in striking contrast to the standard narrative about the history of modern logic, which says that its creation and development happened in spite of, or in direct opposition to, the old logic. W. V. Quine, for one, wrote that Aristotelian logic is to modern logic what the ‘arithmetic of primitive tribes’ is to modern mathematics: not even a scientific predecessor but a ‘pre-scientific fragment’.", p. 1.
2023
Aristotle's Syllogism and the Creation of Modern Logic. Between Tradition and Innovation, 1820s-1930s
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