Article ID: CBB001211042

Avicenna and Ṭūsī on Modal Logic (2009)

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In this article, the author studies some central concepts in Avicenna's and Tusi's modal logics as presented in Avicenna's Al-Isharat wa'l Tanbihat (Pointers and Reminders) and in Tusi's commentary. In this work, Avicenna introduces some remarkable distinctions in order to interpret Aristotle's modal syllogistic in the Prior Analytics. The author outlines a new interpretation of absolute sentences as temporally indefinite sentences and argues on the basis of this that Avicenna seems to subscribe to the Principle of Plenitude. He also shows that he has no valid proof of the modal conversion rules and that he uses some rather ad hoc distinctions to show that Aristotle's modal syllogistic is correct. The author also notes some interesting differences between Avicenna's and Tusi's approaches to modal logic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Authors & Contributors
Zghal, Hatem
Janssens, Jules L
El-Rouayheb, Khaled
Chatti, Saloua
Araujo, Daniel Alonso de
Ömer Türker
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Philosophy
Logic
Metaphysics
Mathematics
Movement (Philosophy)
Time Periods
Medieval
13th century
11th century
14th century
12th century
10th century
Places
Mediterranean region
Europe
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