Abstract This paper provides a case study for the use of syllogistic reconstructions in commentaries on Plato by fifth-century commentator Proclus. The discusses Proclus’ reconstruction argument about range Forms Plato’s Parmenides (130b–e). In his commentary this dialogue, Proclus reports proposed some predecessors. reconstruction, as whole is interpreted straightforward attack existence Forms...

A gualij%e~ syllogism is a classical Aristoteiean syllogism that has been “qualified” through the use of fuzzy quantifiers, likelihood modifiers, and usuality modifiers, e.g., “Most birds can Ry; Tweety is a bird; therefore, it is likely that Tweety can fly.” This paper introduces a formal logic Q of such syllogisms and shows how this may be employed in a system of nonmonotonj~ reasoning. In pr...

Studies on salvation in the Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaean story generally tend to exhibit an underdeveloped analysis of its rhetoric as part controversy genre. This paucity reduces individual event and ignores social effect Lukan story. To remedy this, it is here argued that weight genre felt specifically rhetorical use enthymeme verse 9, Jesus’s enthymemic pronouncement reveals a aspect Zacchaeus’s s...

1 Preamble According to Lindstrr om 1966 a quantiier is a functor which assigns to each non-empty domain a relation among relations which is closed under isomorphisms. A simple instance of this notion is given by the quantiier`more than half of the', which for each domain E gives the relation between sets A; B E deened by: jfa 2 A : a 2 Bgj > jfa 2 A : a 6 2 Bgj In the present collection of art...

We propose a new modal logic endowed with simple deductive system to interpret Aristotle's theory of the syllogism. While being inspired by standard propositional logic, it is also terms that admits (sound) extensional semantics involving possible states-of-affairs in given world. Applied analysis syllogistic as found Prior Analytics A8-22, sheds light on various fine-grained distinctions which...

1. Logical language 1.1. Proposition, sentence and inscription Quine has argued in favor of the rejection of propositions. His argument can be summarized by the following syllogism: No entity without identity There is no criterion of identity for propositions No propositions Quine has been quite influential in the replacement of the expression propositional logic by the expression sentential lo...

One approach to deliberation about the choice of what to do in a particular situation is to use an argument scheme based on the practical syllogism to supply a presumptive reason for the action, which is then subjected to a process of critical questioning to see if the presumption can be maintained. In this paper we describe an implemented realisation of this approach. We describe a representat...