Logical Studies

Imaginary syllogism; Investigation and comparison of the viewpoints of Ibn Sina and Farabi

Document Type : Research

Author

seyed mahmod yosef sani

‪Associate Professor of Avicennan Studies, Iranian Institute of Philosophy‬

https://doi.org/10.30465/lsj.2024.50022.1485
Abstract
Poetics is one of the five arts of logic. All of five arts are molded in the form of syllogism and from a material appropriate to each art. The material of poetics is imagined propositions, from which poetic syllogisms are composed. Logicians have different views on presenting the form of poetic syllogism. Al-Farabi and Avicenna, as two great logicians, have each taken a different path in this regard. Al-Farabi considers the form of poetic syllogism as one of the invalid modes of second figure and Ibn Sina considers it as one of the valid modes of first figure. In addition, Ibn Sina considers the example of a poetic proposition sometimes as the conclusion of a syllogism and sometimes as the minor premise of a syllogism. In this article, we have tried to explain why each of these two logicians has chosen a specific figure and mode of syllogism as the poetic syllogism, and regarding Ibn Sina, we will also explain the difference between the two examples that he has mentioned as examples of poetic syllogism.

Keywords

five arts
poetics
syllogism
Farabi
Ibn Sina
Subjects
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Logical Studies
Volume 15, Issue 1
August 2024
Pages 173-190

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