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Informationen zum Autor John Buridan (Author) John Buridan, ca. 1300 to after 1358, was a French independent cleric who studied and later taught at the University of Paris. Stephen Read (Translator) Stephen Read is honorary professor of history and philosophy of logic at the Arché Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He edited and translated Thomas Bradwardine's Insolubilia (2010) and is the translator of a new edition of John Buridan's Treatise on Consequences (2014). Klappentext The rediscovery of Aristotle in the late twelfth century led to a fresh development of logical theory, culminating in Buridan's crucial comprehensive treatment in the Treatise on Consequences. Buridan's novel treatment of the categorical syllogism laid the basis for the study of logic in succeeding centuries. This new translation offers a clear and accurate rendering of Buridan's text. It is prefaced by a substantial Introduction that outlines the work's context and explains its argument in detail. Also included is a translation of the Introduction (in French) to the 1976 edition of the Latin text by Hubert Hubien. Zusammenfassung This entirely new English translation of Buridan’s classic treatment of logical consequence aims to make accessible to the modern reader the foremost treatment of the subject in the middle ages. The translation is accompanied by an introduction in which Buridan’s ideas are set in their historical context and clearly explained. Acknowledgments Translator's Introduction Editor's Introduction Book I Book II Book III Book IV Index
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John Buridan (Author)
John Buridan, ca. 1300 to after 1358, was a French independent cleric who studied and later taught at the University of Paris.
Stephen Read (Translator)
Stephen Read is honorary professor of history and philosophy of logic at the Arché
Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He edited and translated Thomas Bradwardine's Insolubilia (2010) and is the translator of a new edition of John Buridan's Treatise on Consequences (2014).
