Marko Malink is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics at New York University.
It is generally reasonable to assume that a philosophical problem
for which no one has yet managed to find a solution for over 2000
years is one that will simply end up as a notorious unsolved riddle
in the history of philosophy. After a variety of heroic but failed
attempts over the past century, it became the consensus view among
historians of logic that the interpretation of Aristotle’s modal
syllogistic represented a paradigm example of such a case. Until
now! Marko Malink’s book presents an interpretation of this crucial
branch of Aristotle’s logical theory that is both exegetically
plausible and logically consistent. It is a landmark contribution
not only to the history of logic, but also to the history of
philosophical thought about the nature of predication and modality.
No one interested in these topics can afford to ignore it.
*James Conant, University of Chicago*
This book is brimming with bold and original ideas. It deals
comprehensively with all issues relevant to the syllogistic and
casts significant new light on its subject. It is immensely rich in
detailed interpretation of passages from Aristotle’s works. It is
argued with clarity and rigor. There is a considerable body of
scholarly material dealing with this subject-matter, and this book
deals knowledgeably with all the important contributions to the
field, both ancient and modern. The technical development is
pursued with mathematical subtlety. The book will be suitable,
indeed necessary, for anyone doing research into Aristotelian
syllogistic, whether at graduate student or advanced researcher
level.
*Paul Thom, University of Sydney*
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