ON LEARNING LOGIC IN 17th CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA
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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphil.2022.1.08Keywords:
Logic, dialectic, teaching method, Miklós Bethlen, Pál Keresztúri, Janos Apáczai Csere, Jan Amos Komenský.Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide a glimpse on the method and content of teaching logic/dialectic in the Principality of Transylvania in the 17th century from the perspective of Miklós Bethlen with references to two important local scholars: Pál Keresztúri and Janos Apáczai Csere, who is better known as being the first Hungarian encyclopaedist. In addition to this, the paper will contain for comparison a short survey of what Jan Amos Komenský had to say about teaching logic.References
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