Al-Fārābī and Aristotelian syllogistics : Greek theory and Islamic practice

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1. Al-Farabi's concern with Aristotelian logic and the role of the Prior Analytics. 2. The primacy of the assertoric syllogism. 3. This study: its relevance, structure, and objectives

I. The Sources. 2. The Prior Analytics I: translations. 3. The Prior Analytics II: commentaries & paraphrases. 4. The Prior Analytics III: related works. 5. Consulting the Prior Analytics-complex: methodology. 6. Other primary sources

II. The Syllogism and its Kinds. 2. The syllogism: simple and compound deductions. 3. Simple deductions: predicative and conditional. 4. Predicative deductions: hamli or jazmi? 5. Predicative deductions: direct deductions, and those 'involving a contradiction'. 6. Direct deductions: hyparctic, necessary, and possible. 7. Compound deductions

III. Technical Terms and Expressions. 2. Aristotelian syllogistics: technical terms and expressions. 3. Technical terms in al-Farabi's syllogistics. 4. Predication in the Arabic Prior Analytics. 5. Predication in al-Farabi's syllogistics. 6. Quality and quantity of propositions in Aristotle and al-Farabi

IV. The Assertoric Syllogism. 2. The conversion of propositions. 3. The proofs of the imperfect moods. 4. Al-Farabi and the fourth figure. 5. The foundation of syllogistic theory

V. Induction. 2. Induction in Aristotle. 3. Induction in al-Farabi: general remarks. 4. The Topics. 5. The Prior Analytics II. 23. 6. Al-Farabi's interpretation of Prior Analytics II. 23 and the Arabic version of II. 25. 7. The Posterior Analytics

VI. The Paradigm. 2. The paradigm in Aristotle. 3. The paradigm in al-Farabi I: the Kitab al-Qiyas al-saghir. 4. The paradigm in al-Farabi II: the Kitab al-Mudkhal ila l-qiyas. 5. The paradigm in al-Farabi III: the Sharh al-Qiyas

VII. The Istidlal bi-l-Shahid ala l-Ghaib. 2. The mechanism of the argument: al-Farabi's account. 3. The verification of the proposition containing the illa. 4. The logical structure of the istidlal bi-l-shahid ala l-ghaib

VIII. The Qiyas Fiqhi. 2. The qiyas fiqhi and the Prior Analytics II. 23. 3. The qiyas fiqhi and assertoric syllogistics. 4. The qiyas fiqhi: al-Farabi's fourfold classification

IX. Religion, Philosophy, and Logic. 2. The Perfect State. 3. The Political Regime. 4. The Attainment of Happiness. 5. The Book of Letters

Index of Primary Sources

Index of Arabic Manuscripts