HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

Author: Peter Adamson February 22, 2026 Duration: 21:58

Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.


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