Article ID: CBB001220533

Between Logic and Mathematics: Al-Kindi's Approach to the Aristotelian Categories (2012)

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What is the function of logic in al-Kindi's corpus? What kind of relation does it have with mathematics? This article tackles these questions by examining al-Kindi's theory of categories as it was presented in his epistle On the Number of Aristotle's Books (Fi Kammiyyat kutub Aris?u), from which we can learn about his special attitude towards Aristotle theory of categories and his interpretation, as well. Al-Kindi treats the Categories as a logical book, but in a manner different from that of the classical Aristotelian tradition. He ascribes a special status to the categories Quantity (kammiyya) and Quality (kayfiyya), whereas the rest of the categories are thought to be no more than different combinations of these two categories with the category Substance. The discussion will pay special attention to the function of the categories of Quantity and Quality as mediators between logic and mathematics.

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Authors & Contributors
De Young, Gregg
Aouad, Maroun
Averroès (Ibn Rushd)
Brentjes, Sonja
Bruun, Otto
Byrne, John G.
Journals
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
British Journal for the History of Science
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
Brill
Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin
Vrin
Edizioni Cadmo
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Aristotelianism
Logic
Mathematics
Philosophy
Categories (philosophy)
People
al-Kindī, Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqub ibn Isḥāq
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammd ibn Muḥammad
Aristotle
Euclid
Al-Jawharī, 'Abbas ibn Sa'īd
al-Khwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā
Time Periods
9th century
Medieval
10th century
19th century
11th century
13th century
Places
Baghdad (Iraq)
Europe
Byzantium
Mediterranean region
Andalusia (Spain)
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