Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background, Part 1, Language and Logic in Traditional China (Science and Civilisation in China)

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Summary: A valuable treatment...
Review: of a major topic too little known in the history of logic. Few authors have the linguistic know- ledge for a balanced account of Chinese logic, both native and Buddhist, as well as the necessary comparisons with Indian and Greek traditions. It would be ungrateful nit-picking to find the author's handling of the relation between language and reasoning unsatisfying in a work which will stand as the major orientation for future study.