Contents in brief: (As listed in the
2005 edition.) Abstract Part I – Logic Notes 1. About the Laws of Thought 2. About Induction 3.
About Words 4.
About Formal Logic 5.
About Paradoxes 6.
About “Modern Logic” 7.
About Cognitive Development 8.
About Causal Logic 9.
ABOUT NEGATION Part
II –
More Logic Notes and Essays 1. J. S. MILL’S METHODS 2. Addenda
to Judaic Logic 3.
Diagrams
for Judaic Logic 4.
Jewish
Logic: A Brief History and Evaluation 5.
Islamic
Logic 6.
Logical Aspects of
Foucault’s “Archeology“. 7.
Comments on 3 chapters of Foucault 8. BOLZANO’S SEMANTICS CONCEPTS | Contents in detail: ABSTRACT 1. ABOUT THE LAWS OF
THOUGHT Dialectical Reasoning Genesis of Axioms Paradoxical
Propositions Contradiction Varieties of
Contradiction Double Standards Special Status of the
Laws Motors of Rational
Thought Cogito, Ergo Sum Concerning Identity
2. ABOUT INDUCTION Critical thought Misappropriation Evidence Detail Seems and Is Adduction Pertinence Trial and Error Field Specific The Human Factor Theorizing Approaching Reality Experiment The Uncertainty
Principle Epistemic Ethics Phenomenology Appearance, Reality
and Illusion Existence and
Non-existence Philosophy and
Religion
3. ABOUT WORDS Meaning Traditional
Distinctions Logic and Linguistics Dialogue Poles of Duality
4. ABOUT FORMAL LOGIC Form and Content Singular Subject Special Forms Fuzzy Logic Added Determinants Relational Expressions Disjunction Material and Strict
Implication Nesting of Hypotheticals Compound Theses Validation of Nesting Brackets in Logic
5. ABOUT PARADOXES On the Liar
Paradox Making No Claim Nagarjuna’s Trickery Non-apprehension of
Non-things A Formal
Impossibility The Analytic/Synthetic
Dichotomy On the Russell
Paradox An Illustration of
Russell’s On Grelling’s Paradox
6. ABOUT “MODERN LOGIC” A School of Logicians Alleged New Methods Non-Aristotelian
“Logic” Postmodern “Logic” Mere Manipulations Thinking Reflexively Conventional Logic Absolute Truths Untouched by
Consciousness Logical Atomism Exclusive Judgments Empty Terms
7. ABOUT COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT The Fourth R Empirical Studies Piaget’s Model Piaget’s Experiments Lines of Inquiry Experimental
Techniques Private Languages
8. ABOUT CAUSAL LOGIC Induction of
Causatives True of All Opposites Extensional to
Natural Hume’s Denials Hume’s Mentalism Constant Conjunction Billiard Balls Against Kant on
Freewill Alleged Influences Analogical Inferences
9. ABOUT NEGATION Negation in Adduction Positive and Negative
Phenomena Positive Experience
Precedes Negation Negation is an
Intention Formal Consequences Negation and the Laws
Of Thought Pure Experience Consistency is
Natural Status of the Logic
of Causation Zero, One and More Psychology of Negation Negation in Meditation
*. J. S. MILL’S
METHODS Preamble The Joint Method of
Agreement and Difference The Method of
Agreement The Method of
Difference The Method of
Residues The Method of
Concomitant Variations
Concluding Remarks * ADDENDA TO JUDAIC LOGIC *. DIAGRAMS FOR JUDAIC
LOGIC 10. JEWISH LOGIC: A BRIEF
HISTORY AND EVALUATION Introduction Traditional Claims
and Historical Record Comparisons and
Assessments
11. ISLAMIC LOGIC The Structure of
Islamic Law Islamic Hermeneutics Interpreters
12. LOGICAL ASPECTS OF
FOUCAULT’S ARCHEOLOGY Slippery Catch Him Healing
13. COMMENTS ON 3
CHAPTERS OF FOUCAULT Las Meninas The Prose of the
World Representing
14. BOLZANO’S SEMANTICS
CONCEPTS “Propositions-in-Themselves” “Ideas-in-Themselves” The Issue of Time
The section headings in chapters 1-9 have been newly added in the 2008 reprint
for the reader’s convenience. *
Three chapters have been omitted from the 2008 reprint: “J. S. Mill’s Methods”
(2005), which has been reprinted with The Logic of Causation; and
“Addenda to Judaic Logic” (1997-2005) and “Diagrams for Judaic
Logic” (2005), which have been reprinted with Judaic Logic.
The remaining last chapters have been renumbered 10-14. |