Truth, etc.: Six Lectures on Ancient Logic

Barnes, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0199568170 / ISBN 13: 9780199568178

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

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Pbk, 551 p. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Contents : Truth -- Predicates and subjects -- What is a connector? -- Forms of argument -- The science of logic -- When is a syllogism not a syllogism? [Logic, Ancient - Philosophy] h1883 / m15226.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Truth, etc.: Six Lectures on Ancient Logic
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199568170
• ISBN 13: 9780199568178
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Truth, etc. is a wide-ranging study of ancient logic based on the John Locke lectures given by eminent philosopher Jonathan Barnes in Oxford. The book presupposes no knowledge of logic and no skill in ancient languages: all ancient texts are cited in English translation; and logical symbols and logical jargon are avoided so far as possible.

About the Author

Jonathan Barnes was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College. For 25 years he taught at Oxford, being a Fellow first of Oriel and then of Balliol. He then spent eight years at the University of Geneva. He is now professor of ancient philosophy at the Sorbonne. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His many publications include The Ontological Argument (Macmillan, 1972); Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (Clarendon Press, 2nd edition 1993); Aristotle (OUP, 1982); The Complete Works of Aristotle (Princeton UP, 1984); with J. Annas, The Modes of Scepticism (CUP, 1985); Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin, 1987); The Toils of Scepticism (CUP, 1990); The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (CUP, 1995); and Porphyry: Introduction (Clarendon Press, 2003). He lives in France.