The Principle Of Excluded Middle Then And Now: Aristotle And Principia Mathematica

The prevailing truth-functional logic of the twentieth century, it is argued, is incapable of expressing the subtlety and richness of Aristotle's Principle of Excluded Middle, and hence cannot but misinterpret it. Furthermore, the manner in which truth-functional logic expresses its own Principle of Excluded Middle is less than satisfactory in its application to mathematics. Finally, there are glimpses of the "realism" which is the metaphysics demanded by twentieth century logic, with the remarkable consequent that Classical logic is a particularly inept instrument to analyze those philosophies which stand opposed to the "realism" it demands

Peace With Islam

Floy E. Doull examines traditional Islamic and Christian views of secularity and considers their compatibility with contemporary freedom

God, The Evil Genius And Eternal Truths: The Structure Of The Understanding In The Cartesian Philosophy

In order to evaluate the Cartesian Meditations it is absolutely necessary first to understand the work on its own terms, to think Descartes' thoughts with him. This essay takes the argument of the work as the culmination of the history of his thought, as therefore canonical. The author finds there a remarkable coherence, an answer to the chief objections brought against the work, and the elements of a foundation for truth in human understanding. Alternative views of the Meditations are analyzed where appropriate as coming to the argument from standpoints outside the work itself

Hegel's Presentation Of The Cartesian Philosophy In The Lectures On The History Of Philosophy

Floy E. Andrews examines Hegel's reading of the Cartesian philosophy and his appreciation of the historical importance of its key principle, the unity of thought and being in the idea of God

On Reading Philosophy After Analytic Philosophy

Blunt questions are asked as to how and in what degree the failed efforts of analytic philosophy to discredit traditional thought have succeeded nonetheless in debasing our appreciation of it, partly through the pervasiveness of biases introduced by its logic - whose limits are now very obvious - and partly through a legacy of gross misreading and misappropriation of the sense of classical texts

Toward An Intellectual Biography: James Doull’s Work From 1980 To 2001

Proceedings of the discussion panel on philosophy and freedom: The legacy of James Doull. Floy Doull opens the issue with a biographical introduction to the theoretical and practical activity of the last two decades of Doull’s life. She explains how his political engagement in opposition to the Trudeauite revolution against the Canadian constitution and in favour of the attempted return to its principles through the Meech Lake Accord was intimately connected with his more theoretical work on recovering an awareness of the ‘Christian Origins of Contemporary Institutions’