Acknowledgements . viiSources and Abbreviations . ix1. Introduction . 1Logic in Context . 1Vernacular in Context . 10Prospectus . 192.
Language, Vernacular and Philosophy . 23Res vs. Verba . 23The Shadow of Pomponazzi . 31The Accademia degli Infiammati . 413. Sperone Speroni between Language and Logic . 45Wisdom and Eloquence .
45Speroni's Pomponazzi . 58Speroni's Most Loyal Disciple: Bernardino Tomitano . 654. Benedetto Varchi and the Idea of a Vernacular Logic (1540) . 71Aristotelian Anthropology . 71Varchi's Logical Library . 79Varchi's Logic at the Accademia degli Infiammati . 81The Universals .
106Method and Order . 111An Anonymous Dialogue . 1205. Antonio Tridapale and the First Vernacular Logic (1547) . 127Antonio Tridapale and Knowledge as Power . 127The Elements of Logic . 133The Operations of Logic . 1426.
Nicolo Massa's Logic for Natural Philosophy (1549) . 154Nicolo Massa between Philosophy and Medicine . 154The Elements of Argumentation . 158Scientific Demonstration . 1587. Alessandro Piccolomini's Instrument of Philosophy (1551) . 175Piccolomini in Padua . 175A New Instrument .
186The Structure of Logic . 195Logic for Natural Philosophy . 2058. Conclusion . 213Vernacular and Logic . 213The Logician in the Printing Presses . 219Bibliography . 229Index .
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