
HoP 239 - Catarina Dutilh Novaes on Medieval Logic
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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How Does Aristotelian Form Matter Matter Matter?
When we talk about formal logic, as you were saying before, the context for medieval logic is so deeply Aristotelian. So to what extent does that distinction play a role in the ancient and medieval conception of logic? Do they think of logic as being formal in the sense that it has to do with form rather than matter? Yeah. This is really also one of the things that got me going on this research, right? I thought like, you know, the notion of form and formal is so important in current debates and philosophy of logic. And but I mean, ultimately, it should go back to Aristotle, I thought, right?So how how does everything goes back to Aristotle
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