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Logic and Foundations of Mathematics

2012

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Review Of Kurtz: The Discovery Of Chinese Logic, Stephen C. Angle Dec 2011

Review Of Kurtz: The Discovery Of Chinese Logic, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

At the heart of Joachim Kurtz’s new book is the remarkable fact that up until 1898, no Chinese or foreign scholar had so much as claimed that the Chinese tradition contained explicit concern with logic; and yet scarcely a decade later, it was broadly accepted in Chinese scholarly circles that early China had seen sophisticated developments in logic. Within another few decades, in fact, a consensus was emerging that China had a two- millennia-long tradition of logical thought. How was this possible? What meanings did “logic” have for the various actors in this “discovery of Chinese logic”? What does this …


Review Of Kurtz: The Discovery Of Chinese Logic, Stephen C. Angle Dec 2011

Review Of Kurtz: The Discovery Of Chinese Logic, Stephen C. Angle

Stephen C. Angle

At the heart of Joachim Kurtz’s new book is the remarkable fact that up until 1898, no Chinese or foreign scholar had so much as claimed that the Chinese tradition contained explicit concern with logic; and yet scarcely a decade later, it was broadly accepted in Chinese scholarly circles that early China had seen sophisticated developments in logic. Within another few decades, in fact, a consensus was emerging that China had a two- millennia-long tradition of logical thought. How was this possible? What meanings did “logic” have for the various actors in this “discovery of Chinese logic”? What does this …