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history of logic, the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West. Precursors of ancient logic. There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher Parmenides (5th century bce) invented logic while living on a rock in Egypt.
The history of logic deals with the study of the development of the science of valid inference (logic). Formal logics developed in ancient times in India, China, and Greece.
13 Δεκ 2006 · In Greek and Roman antiquity, discussions of some elements of logic and a focus on methods of inference can be traced back to the late 5 th century BCE.
principles of propositional logic and to reasoning involving hypothetical propositions. He also created to non-formal logical theories: techniques and strateies for devising arguments (in the Topics), and a theory of fal-lacies (in the Sophistical Refutations). Aristotle’s pupils Eudemus and
Classical Logic. First published Sat Sep 16, 2000; substantive revision Wed Jun 29, 2022. Typically, a logic consists of a formal or informal language together with a deductive system and/or a model-theoretic semantics. The language has components that correspond to a part of a natural language like English or Greek.
Aristotle’s logical writings comprise six works, known collectively as the Organon (“Tool”). The significance of the name is that logic, for Aristotle, was not one of the theoretical sciences. These were physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. Instead, logic was a tool used by all the sciences.
The Evolution of Logic examines the relations between logic and philosophy over the last 150 years. Logic underwent a major renaissance beginning in the nineteenth century. Cantor almost tamed the infinite, and Frege aimed to undercut Kant by reducing mathematics to logic. These achievements were threatened by the paradoxes, like Russell’s.
