Theory of Syllogisms with Categorical, Conditional and Disjunctive Connectives Developed by Arabian Logicians
Keywords:
Syllogism, Ibn Yusūf al-SSinūsī's, categorical syllogism, conditional syllogism, Muḥammad Ibn ʿArafa, conditional connectives,, Arabian logicians,, Šarḥ al-MuḫtaşarAbstract
In this paper, we are trying to summarize the peak of achievement of the Arabian logicians of the Arabian logicians of the fifteenth century by making a classification and sketching in familiar terms the conditional and subjunctive syllogisms in Muḥammad Ibn Yusūf al-SSinūsī's (1426-1490) work, i.e. in his explanation of Kitāb al-Muḫtaşar fī al-Manṭiq of al-Imām Muḥammad Ibn ʿArafa (1316-1401).
