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Article: On studying medieval Arabic logic.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
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This book was originally a doctoral dissertation, submitted in 1992. It is a very solid piece of scholarship, and does great credit to the author and to the University of Leiden. It has been included in the series Islamic Theology, Philosophy, and Science, edited by Hans Daiber, and it is the fourth book in that series to deal with medieval Arabic logic.(1) Because of its philological precision, logical insight, and exhaustive coverage of the secondary literature, it will prove a welcome vade mecum for future researchers in the field of syllogistics.
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