Editing Syllogism (section)

=== Medieval syllogism ===

====Boethius====

[[Boethius]] (c. 475–526) contributed an effort to make the ancient Aristotelian logic more accessible. While his Latin translation of ''[[Prior Analytics]]'' went primarily unused before the 12th century, his textbooks on the categorical syllogism were central to expanding the syllogistic discussion. Rather than in any additions that he personally made to the field, Boethius' logical legacy lies in his effective transmission of prior theories to later logicians, as well as his clear and primarily accurate presentations of Aristotle's contributions.

====Peter Abelard====

Another of medieval logic's first contributors from the Latin West, [[Peter Abelard]] (1079–1142), gave his own thorough evaluation of the syllogism concept, and accompanying theory in the ''Dialectica''—a discussion of logic based on Boethius' commentaries and monographs. His perspective on syllogisms can be found in other works as well, such as ''Logica Ingredientibus''. With the help of Abelard's distinction between ''[[de dicto]]'' modal sentences and ''[[de re]]'' modal sentences, medieval logicians began to shape a more coherent concept of Aristotle's modal syllogism model.

====Jean Buridan====

The French philosopher [[Jean Buridan]] (c. 1300&nbsp;– 1361), whom some consider the foremost logician of the later Middle Ages, contributed two significant works: ''Treatise on Consequence'' and ''Summulae de Dialectica'', in which he discussed the concept of the syllogism, its components and distinctions, and ways to use the tool to expand its logical capability. For 200 years after Buridan's discussions, little was said about syllogistic logic. Historians of logic have assessed that the primary changes in the post-Middle Age era were changes in respect to the public's awareness of original sources, a lessening of appreciation for the logic's sophistication and complexity, and an increase in logical ignorance—so that logicians of the early 20th century came to view the whole system as ridiculous.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Lagerlund|first=Henrik|title=Medieval Theories of the Syllogism|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2012/entries/medieval-syllogism/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|date=2 February 2004 |publisher=Edward N. Zalta|access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref>