HISTORY OF LOGIC

LOGIC originally belongs to

philosophy, not MATHEMATICS!
LOGIC is the science of correct
thinking!
LOGIC is the mathematics of
COMMON SENSE!
LOGIC is the study of valid
techniques of inference or
drawing conclusions from
premises.
Suppose I wish to cross the room. First, of
course, I must cover half the distance. Then, I
must cover half the remaining distance. Then, I
must cover half the remaining distance. Then I
must cover half the remaining distance…

Is there a chance that I can cross the room?

 Reductio ad Absurdum

I am going into surgery

tomorrow so please pray for
me. If enough people pray
for me, God will protect me
from harm and see to it
that I have a successful
surgery and speedy
recovery.
PARMENIDES and ZENO of
Elea (480-430 BCE)
 Reductio ad Absurdum

If everyone lived his or her life

exactly like Jesus lived his life,
the world would be a beautiful
place!

PARMENIDES and ZENO of

Elea (480-430 BCE)
 - a student of Socrates and a
teacher of Aristotle.
- the founder of modern
philosophy and a great writer.
- ethics, politics, metaphysics,
and epistemology.

Q1 – What is the nature of “TRUE” and

“FALSE”?
Q2 – What is the connection between
premises and conclusions?
Q3 – What is the nature of
PLATO (428-348 BCE)
“definition”?
 - father of LOGIC
- tutor of Alexander the Great.
- wrote on biology, physics,
metaphysics, poetry, ethics,
psychology, linguistics, economics,
mathematics,…,LOGIC.
- wrote “THE ORGANON” the six
books on logic.
ARISTOTLE
(384-322 BCE)