History of Logic

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General Introduction

Logic and Ontology from an Historical Perspective

General Works and Bibliographies on the History of Logic

Aristotle's Logic: General Survey and Introductory Readings

Selected Bibliography on the Logic of Aristotle: General and Introductory Readings

Aristotle's Earlier Dialectic: the Topics and Sophistical Refutations

Aristotle's De Interpretatione: Semantics and Philosophy of Language

Annotated bibliography on Aristotle's De Interpretatione (Peri Hermeneias)

Aristotle's Prior Analytics: the Theory of Categorical Syllogism

Selected Bibliography on Aristotle's Theory of Categorical Syllogism

Aristotle's Prior Analytics: the Theory of Modal Syllogism

Selected Bibliography on Aristotle's Theory of Modal Syllogism

Aristotle's Posterior Analytics: The Theory of Demonstration

Selected Bibliography on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics

Critical Editions and Translations of the Fragments and Testimonia

Stoic Logic: The Dialectic from Zeno to Chrysippus

The Stoic Doctrine of Lekta (Sayables)

Ancient Stoic Rhetoric (under construction)

Stoic Philosophy of Language and Grammar (under construction)

Selected Bibliography on Stoic Logic: A - E

Selected Bibliography on Stoic Logic: F - Z

Bibliography on Stoic Philosophy of Language, Grammar, Rhetoric

Early Stoic Logicians: Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Chrysippus

Peripatetic Logic: Eudemus of Rhodes and Theophrastus of Eresus

Selected Bibliography on the Logic of Eudemus and Theophrastus

History of Ancient Logic in the Hellenistic Period

Bibliography of Ancient Logic in the Hellenistic Period

The Dialectical School and the Origins of Propositional Logic

Selected Bibliography on the Dialectical School and the Origins of Propositional Logic

Bibliography on the Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus

Other Aspects of Ancient Logic

Critical Editions and Translations of the Philosophical Works of Cicero

Logic and Rhetoric in the Philosophical Works of Cicero

The Philosophical Works of Cicero. A Selected Bibliography

Sextus Empiricus and the Skeptical Criticism of Logic and Truth

Porphyry's Isagoge and his Commentary to Aristotle's Categories

Boethius' Contribution to the Development of Medieval Logic

The Philosophical Works of Boethius. Editions and Translations

Selected Bibliography on the Logical Works of Boethius

Medieval Logic: A General Overview

General Bibliography on Medieval Logic:

General Studies A - K

General Studies L - Z

Latin Logic until the Eleventh Century

Selected Bibliography on Latin Logic until the Eleventh Century

The Birth of the Liberal Arts: the Trivium (Grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric)

Logic and Grammar in the Twelfth Century

Selected Bibliography on the Twelfth Century

The Development of Logic in the Thirteenth Century

The Development of Logic in the Fourteenth Century

Selected Bibliography on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Medieval Theories of Supposition (Reference) and Mental Language

Bibliography on the Medieval Theories of Supposition and Mental Language:

Supposition A - L

Supposition M - Z

Abelard: Logic, Semantics, Ontology and His Theories of the Copula

Abelard's Logical Works: Editions, Translations, Selected Texts

I. Logic, Semantics and Ontology in the Work of Abelard

II. Theories of the Copula in the Logical Works of Abelard

Bibliography on the Logic and Metaphysics of Peter Abelard:

Abelard A - L

Abelard M - Z

An Overview of Buridan's Logical Works:

Editions, Translations and Studies on the Manuscript Tradition

I. An Overview of the Summulae de Dialectica

II. The Treatise on Consequences and Other Writings

Selected Bibliography on the Logic and Metaphysics of Buridan:

Buridan A - L

Buridan M - Z

History of Renaissance and Modern Logic from 1400 to 1850

Selected Bibliography on the History of Renaissance and Modern Logic

Leibniz on Logic and Semiotics: the Project of a Universal Language

Bibliography of Leibniz on Logic and Semiotics:

Leibniz A - K

Leibniz L - Z

The Period from Boole to Gödel

Selected Bibliography on the Contemporary Symbolic Logic from Boole to Gödel

A Selection of Prominent Logicians from Aristotle to Gödel (1931)

Ancient Chinese Logic (a survey of contemporary studies)

Selected bibliography on Chinese Logic A - F

Selected bibliography on Chinese Logic G - Z

Ancient Indian Logic and Ontology (with particular reference the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika School)

Selected bibliography on Indian Logic and Ontology A - L

Selected bibliography on Indian Logic and Ontology M - Z

Bibliography on Bhartrhari, Grammarian and Philosopher

Bibliography on the Indian logician Gaṅgeśa

Buddhist Logic and Ontology (Indian and Tibetan developments of Buddhist logic)

Selected bibliography on Buddhist logic

Bibliography on the Buddhist logician Dignāga

Bibliography on the Buddhist logician Dharmakīrti

Bibliography on the Buddhist logician Nāgārjuna

Islamic (Arabic and Persian) Logic and Ontology (the introduction of Greek philosophy in the Islamic world)

Selected bibliography on Islamic Logic

E. J. Ashworth:

L. M. de Rijk:

Mauro Nasti de Vincentis:

1981 - 2009

Wilhelm Risse:

1960 - 1988

Table of Contents

History of Western Logic

General Introduction

The Logical Works of Aristotle

Index of the Section Stoic Logic

Index of the Section Hellenistic Logic after Aristotle

Index of the Section History of Medieval Logic

Index of the Section The Development of Modern Logic

Index of the Section Contemporary Logic

Index of the Section Intercultural Logic

Index of the Section Historians of Logic