The Fourth Figure in Aristotle

Entelekya Logico-Metaphysical Review 2 (2):75-98 (2018)
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This paper investigates whether Aristotle was aware of the fourth figure, and if he was aware of the fourth figure, why he excluded it from his system. Various commentators have explained why this figure does not exist in the system, so this paper compiles ane examines these arguments through a certain logical frame. By inquiring into why the fourth figure was not included in his logical system, the paper considers whether logical factors may explain this exclusion.

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On the fourth figure of the syllogism.Paul Henle - 1949 - Philosophy of Science 16 (2):94-104.
A twelfth-century defence of the fourth figure of the syllogism.A. I. Sabra - 1965 - Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 28 (1):14-28.
How many syllogisms are there?Colwyn Williamson - 1988 - History and Philosophy of Logic 9 (1):77-85.

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