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On the syntactical categories

Joseph Bocheński

pp. 67-87

Abstract

The theory of the syntactical categories (abridged here as "SCs") has, since the twelfth century, been a traditional part of Scholastic logic. As a matter of fact we owe the idea to Aristotle.1 After the barbarous period which for logic constitutes the modern centuries (sixteenth century-1847), the first new logicians showed hardly any interest in it. Husserl was the first to outline at the beginning of our century a sketch of a theory of SCs.2 Nearly thirty years later, St. Łeśniewski elaborated a rigorous system of it3 - but the present author knows only of one general study on that subject in existence, a paper by Professor K. Ajdukiewicz.4 It would seem that in spite of the brilliant development of other parts pertaining to the logical syntax, recent logicians are apt to neglect somewhat the problems of the SCs.5

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Published in:

Menne Albert (1962) Logico-philosophical studies. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 67-87

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-3649-8_6

Full citation:

Bocheński Joseph (1962) „On the syntactical categories“, In: A. Menne (ed.), Logico-philosophical studies, Dordrecht, Springer, 67–87.