Article ID: CBB001451154

Alfarabi on Conditionals (2014)

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I examine the theory of conditional propositions (qa y šar iyya mutta ila) and conditional syllogisms (qiy s t šar iyya) in the logical works of Alfarabi (d. 950). I contextualize Alfarabi's logical doctrines related to conditional reasoning against the backdrop of the context-theory of logic, which was developed by Aristotle's ancient commentators. I show that Alfarabi thought that conditional propositions have truth-conditions. I provide conjectural truth-conditions for conditional propositions, and conjectural validity-conditions for connective conditional syllogisms. These truth-conditions and validity-conditions are shown to be sensitive to the pragmatic conditions in which conditional propositions and arguments are deployed. I end by suggesting that Alfarabi's logical pragmatism is a consequence of his adoption of the late antique context-theory of logic rather than a result of his developing Aristotle's formal syllogistic theory adumbrated in the Prior Analytics.

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Authors & Contributors
Vallejo Villalobos, José Ramón
L'Arrivee, Robert
Zonta, Mauro
Thom, Paul
Streetman, W. Craig
Schoeler, Gregor
Concepts
Philosophy
Logic
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Aristotelianism
Linguistics; philology
Metaphysics
Time Periods
Medieval
10th century
14th century
Ancient
12th century
9th century
Places
Middle and Near East
Andalusia (Spain)
Mediterranean region
Byzantium
Greece
Europe
Institutions
Université de Paris
Oxford University
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