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ALFARABI ON CONDITIONALS

Abstract I examine the theory of conditional propositions ( qaḍāyā šarṭiyya muttaṣila ) and conditional syllogisms ( qiyāsāt šarṭiyya ) in the logical works of Alfarabi (d. 950). I contextualize Alfarabi's logical doctrines related to conditional reasoning against the backdrop of the context-theory of logic, which was developed by Aristotle's ancient commentators. I show that Alfarabi thought that conditional propositions have truth-conditions. I provide conjectural truth-conditions for conditional propositions, and conjectural validity-conditions for connective conditional syllogisms. These truth-conditions and validity-conditions are shown to be sensitive to the pragmatic conditions in which conditional propositions and arguments are deployed. I end by suggesting that Alfarabi's logical pragmatism is a consequence of his adoption of the late antique context-theory of logic rather than a result of his developing Aristotle's formal syllogistic theory adumbrated in the Prior Analytics .

Liverpool University Press

Kamran Karimullah

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy

2014

Title: ALFARABI ON CONDITIONALS

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Abstract I examine the theory of conditional propositions ( qaḍāyā šarṭiyya muttaṣila ) and conditional syllogisms ( qiyāsāt šarṭiyya ) in the logical works of Alfarabi (d.

950).

I contextualize Alfarabi's logical doctrines related to conditional reasoning against the backdrop of the context-theory of logic, which was developed by Aristotle's ancient commentators.

I show that Alfarabi thought that conditional propositions have truth-conditions.

I provide conjectural truth-conditions for conditional propositions, and conjectural validity-conditions for connective conditional syllogisms.

These truth-conditions and validity-conditions are shown to be sensitive to the pragmatic conditions in which conditional propositions and arguments are deployed.

I end by suggesting that Alfarabi's logical pragmatism is a consequence of his adoption of the late antique context-theory of logic rather than a result of his developing Aristotle's formal syllogistic theory adumbrated in the Prior Analytics .

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