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Author:   Brian P. Copenhaver (, University of California, Los Angeles) ,  Calvin G. Normore (, University of California, Los Angeles) ,  Terence Parsons (, University of California, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.001kg
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9780199669585

ISBN 10:   0199669589
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   30 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION SUMMARIES OF LOGIC 1: ON INTRODUCTIONS 2: ON PREDICABLES 3: ON PREDICAMENTS 4: ON SYLLOGISMS 5: ON PLACES 6: ON SUPPOSITIONS 7: ON FALLACIES 8: ON RELATIVES 9: ON AMPLIATIONS 10: ON APPELLATIONS 11: ON RESTRICTIONS 12: ON DISTRIBUTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Copenhaver, Normore, and Parsons provide the first complete, reliable translation of one of the most influential logic textbooks ever written * Sara L. Uckelman, Vivarium * well-presented analysis and translation of Peter of Spain's handbook of logic. It is a valuable tool for students and anyone interested in the history of logic * J. Spruyt, History and Philosophy of Logic * ... one of the most exciting contributions to the history of medieval logic in recent years, not because it presents any dramatic discoveries, but because it introduces an important work to a public wider than that of dedicated scholars able to read LatinFuture generations of students and scholars will undoubtedly be grateful to Copenhaver, Normore and Parsons for this splendid publication. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * ... this is a welcome treatment of a classic text that has long deserved such an outstanding edition, translation, and commentary. * Stephen Read, Journal of the History of Philosophy *

... one of the most exciting contributions to the history of medieval logic in recent years, not because it presents any dramatic discoveries, but because it introduces an important work to a public wider than that of dedicated scholars able to read LatinFuture generations of students and scholars will undoubtedly be grateful to Copenhaver, Normore and Parsons for this splendid publication. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online

... this is a welcome treatment of a classic text that has long deserved such an outstanding edition, translation, and commentary. * Stephen Read, Journal of the History of Philosophy * ... one of the most exciting contributions to the history of medieval logic in recent years, not because it presents any dramatic discoveries, but because it introduces an important work to a public wider than that of dedicated scholars able to read LatinFuture generations of students and scholars will undoubtedly be grateful to Copenhaver, Normore and Parsons for this splendid publication. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * well-presented analysis and translation of Peter of Spain's handbook of logic. It is a valuable tool for students and anyone interested in the history of logic * J. Spruyt, History and Philosophy of Logic * Copenhaver, Normore, and Parsons provide the first complete, reliable translation of one of the most influential logic textbooks ever written * Sara L. Uckelman, Vivarium *

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Brian Copenhaver, Distinguished Professor and Udvar-Hazy Chair of Philosophy and History at UCLA, teaches medieval and early modern philosophy. He has written extensively about magic, astrology, the Hermetica, Cabala and their foundations in Neoplatonic, Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy; natural philosophy; scepticism; Averroism; philosophical translation; modern Italian philosophy; historiography; the classical tradition in philosophy; Lorenzo Valla; Marsilio Ficino; Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Lorenzo de' Medici; Polydore Vergil; Tommaso Campanella; Isaac Newton; Henry More; and Benedetto Croce. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has held Fulbright, ACLS, Guggenheim and Getty fellowships. Calvin G. Normore is Professor of Philosophy at UCLA, and at McGill University, Canada. Terence Parsons is Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at UCLA. He is the author of Nonexistent Objects (Yale University Press, 1980), Events in the Semantics of English (MIT Press, 1990), and Indeterminate Identity (OUP, 2000).

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