On Aristotle Prior analytics
By: Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Ian Mueller with Josiah Gould ; introduction, notes and appendices by Ian Mueller.
Contributors: Mueller, Ian.; Gould, Josiah, 1928-; Aristotle.
Series: [The ancient commentators on Aristotle]; Ancient commentators on Aristotle (London, England)
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Aristotle. -- Early works to 1800.; Logic -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: The commentary of Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle's Prior Analytics 1.8-22 is a very important text, being the main ancient commentary with chapters in which Aristotle invented modal logic - the logic of propositions about what is necessary or contingent (possible). The first volume of Ian Mueller's translation covered chapters 1.8-13, and reached as far as the chapter in which Aristotle discussed the notion of contingency. In this, the second volume, the 'greatest' commentator, Alexander, concludes his discussion of Aristotle's modal logic. Aristotle also invented the syllogism, a style of argument involving two premises and a conclusion. Modal propositions can be deployed in syllogisms, and in the chapters included in this volume Aristotle discusses all the syllogisms containing at least one contingent premiss. In each volume, Ian Mueller provides a comprehensive explanation of Alexander's commentary on modal logic as a whole.
Notes: Translated from the Greek.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Series statement from jacket.
Includes translation of Aristotle's text.
Table of contents: title: [v. 1] 1.8-13; title: [v. 2] 1.14-22.