Logical Philosophy : A Compendium : A Compendium

By Sion, Avi, Dr.

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Title:	Logical Philosophy : A Compendium : A Compendium
Author:	Sion, Avi, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Philosophy, Logic, philosophy
Collections:	Authors Community, Philosophy
Historic Publication Date:	2013
Publisher:	Avi Sion - Kindle

Member Page:	Avi Sion
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Description
Logical Philosophy is a compendium of five works published in 2002-06, namely: Phenomenology (2003), Volition and Allied Causal Concepts (2004), Meditations (2006), Ruminations (2005), and Buddhist Illogic (2002). These works together define what may be termed ‘Logical Philosophy’, i.e. philosophical discourse distinguished by its steadfast reliance on inductive and deductive logic to resolve epistemological and ontological issues.

Summary
Logical Philosophy brings together five works by Avi Sion published in 2002-06, namely: Phenomenology (2003), Volition and Allied Causal Concepts (2004), Meditations (2006), Ruminations (2005), and Buddhist Illogic (2002). These works together define what may be termed ‘Logical Philosophy’, i.e. philosophical discourse distinguished by its steadfast reliance on inductive and deductive logic to resolve epistemological and ontological issues. This collection does not include work done on The Logic of Causation in the same period (published in 2003, 2005). (First published 2013.)

Table of Contents
PHENOMENOLOGY 13 1. What, Why and How 18 2. Organizing Principles 24 3. Experiences and Abstractions 36 4. Conceptualization 51 5. The Self 68 6. Additional Topics 83 7. The Active Role of Logic 99 8. Epistemological Issues in Mathematics 112 9. Theology Without Prejudice 122 10. Illustrations 132 Appendices and References 135 VOLITION AND ALLIED CAUSAL CONCEPTS 143 1. Basic Causal Relations 150 2. Interactions between Volition and Causation 157 3. Further Analysis of Volition 165 4. Consciousness and Responsibility 172 5. Influence and Freedom 180 6. Further Analysis of Influence 187 7. The Workings of Volition 195 8. Volition and the Special Sciences 206 9. Will, Velleity and Whim 214 10. Affections and Appetites 221 11. Complications of Influence 229 12. Urges and Impulses 237 13. The Quasi-Purposive in Nature 248 14. Concepts of Evolution 254 15. More about Evolution 263 16. The Self 270 17. Some Topics in Deontology 281 18. More Topics in Deontology 289 Appendices and References 296 MEDITATIONS 301 1. Some Theoretical Considerations 305 2. Understanding The Self 322 3. Some Behavioral Disciplines 339 4. Some Sitting Meditations 350 RUMINATIONS 373 1. About the Laws of Thought 380 2. About Induction 389 3. About Words 404 4. About Formal Logic 413 5. About Paradoxes 426 6. About “Modern Logic” 440 7. About Cognitive Development 448 8. About Causal Logic 456 9. About Negation 466 10. Jewish Logic: A Brief History and Evaluation 479 11. Islamic Logic 485 12. Logical Aspects of Foucault’s Archeology 492 13. Comments on 3 chapters of Foucault 499 14. Bolzano’s Semantics Concepts 504 BUDDHIST ILLOGIC 509 Foreword 513 1. The tetralemma 515 2. Neither real nor unreal 517 3. Nagarjuna’s use of dilemma 520 4. The subject-predicate relation 522 5. Percepts and concepts 525 6. Motion and rest 532 7. Causality 539 8. Co-dependence 545 9. Karmic law 550 10. God and creation 552 11. Self or soul 558 12. Self-knowledge 562 Afterword: Not ‘empty logic’, but empty of logic 565 Appendices 568