syncategoremata

logic

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medieval logic

  • Zeno's paradox
    In history of logic: The properties of terms and discussions of fallacies

    …on the topic of “syncategoremata”—expressions such as “only,” “inasmuch as,” “besides,” “except,” “lest,” and so on, which posed quite different logical problems than did the terms and logical particles in traditional categorical propositions or in the simpler kind of “hypothetical” propositions inherited from the Stoics. The study of valid…

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