In the Manner of Saccheri

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2019v23n2p145

Abstract

I will apply a technique employed by Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri in Logica demonstrative  (1701) to concisely prove the invalidity of moods of the First Figure of the Theory of the Assertoric Syllogism without appealing to facts outside logic.

Author Biography

Frank Thomas Sautter, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, BRASIL

Professor do Departamento de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM

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2019-08-16

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