Course syllabus
History of Logic
Instructor: Ana-María Mora-Márquez
Literature
Aristotle
M. Malink, Aristotle’s Modal Syllogistics, part 1, HUP 2013 (Introduction until p. 13; part 1, chs. 1 to 4)
R. Smith, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic
Leibniz
M. Malink and A. Vasudevan, “Leibniz on the Logic of Conceptual Containment and Coincidence”, in V. De Risi (ed.), Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences, ch. 1, Springer 2019 (Available Google Books, or I can provide)
W. Lenzen, https://iep.utm.edu/leib-log/
Kant
H. Lu-Adler, "Kant on Proving Aristotle's Logic as Complete", Kantian Review 21.1 (2016), 1-26
S. Kovac, https://iep.utm.edu/k-logic/
Bolzano
P. Rusnoch and J. Sebestik, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bolzano-logic/
Frege
P. Blanchette, Frege’s Conception of Logic, ch. 1, OUP 2012 (online GULibrary)
Examination: ca. 3000 words essay about one or several or the authors/themes covered in the course
Schedule: Available on TimeEdit.
Class 1: Aristotle
Read Smith
Slides: PriorAnalyticsI-III.pdf
Class 2: Aristotle
Read Malink
Slides: DictumSemanticsAPr.pdf
Class 3: Leibniz
Read Lenzen (1 to 4), and Malink et al. (1 to 3 and 6)
Slides: Leibniz.pdf
Class 4: Kant
Read Lu-Adler and Kovac
Class 5: Bolzano
Read Rusnock and Sebelstik
Slides: BolzanoLogic.pdf
Class 6: Frege
Read Blanchette ch. 1 and SEP until 2.3
Slides: FregeLogic.pdf
Class 7: Seminar
In class exercise and discussion
Class 8: Q&A
Preparation for the exam
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