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A Formal Reconstruction of Buridan's Modal Syllogism |
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| Authors: | Spencer Johnston |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of St Andrews, Scotlandsj357@st-andrews.ac.uk |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we provide a historical exposition of John Buridan's theory of divided modal propositions. We then develop a semantic interpretation of Buridan's theory which pays particular attention to Buridan's ampliation of modal terms. We show that these semantics correctly capture his syllogistic reasoning. |
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