Notes on the Assertoric and Modal Propositional Logic of the Pseudo-Scotus

Abstract

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS to view the 's propos i t ional logical rules f rom the perspective of a con temporary logical system. 1 ' s assertoric propos i t ional logic is similar to that of the Stoics in m a n y respects, while his modal propos i t ional logic distinguishes 2 between, then encompasses and develops bo th the Aris totel ian and the Theophras t ian theories of modali ty. 3 The texts u p o n which my invest igat ion centers comprise pp. 1-347 of volume I I of the twenty-six volume edit ion of the collected works of John D u n s Scotus, Viv6s edi t ion (Paris, 1891-1895), reprinted f rom the 1639 edi t ion of Luke Wadding. (R. P. E. Longpre 's examina t ion of the mater ial in quest ion led h im to the now generally accepted conclusion (ca. 1936) that Wa dd ing had erred in ascribing these pages to Duns Scotus; so another 4 Pseudo-Scotus was born , this one perhaps John of Cornwall .) Special a t tent ion has been given to the ' s commentar ies on Aristot le 's Prior Analytics (Books I and I I )5 th i s , in spite of J. M. Bochenski 's