2014
DOI: 10.1017/s0957423914000022
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Alfarabi on Conditionals

Abstract: I examine the theory of conditional propositions (qaḍ āyā šarṭ iyya muttaṣ ila) and conditional syllogisms (qiyāsāt šarṭ 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, a… Show more

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