On the history of teaching logic at the St. Volodymyr University

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https://doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2022-28-2-4

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logic, history of logic, the teaching of logic, traditional logic, modern logic, St. Volodymyr University

Abstract

The history of logic in Ukraine is still not sufficiently studied. Researchers, as a rule, analyze the legacy of outstanding scholars from a historical-philosophical point of view, paying attention to philosophical problems considered in their works. Logical issues are left out of consideration. One of the reasons is that a small number of original logical works have survived to this day. Besides, these are mostly archival documents, including lecture manuscripts, essays on specific issues of logic, curriculums, etc. If we consider the published works, they are mostly textbooks, some of which remain unknown to a wide circle of scholars.

In this context, the purpose of the paper is to analyze the teaching of logic at St. Volodymyr University from 1834 until 1917. The author set four research objectives. The first is to find out what place logic took among another academic disciplines at the University. The second is to analyze and systematize information about teachers who taught logic. The third is to investigate textbooks and manuals that students used to master the logic course. The fourth is to analyze the logical curriculums used at that time. In the paper the author distinguishes the peculiarities of logic teaching at the University of St. Volodymyr; reveals the reasons why logic had been presented to students in the traditional view; answers the question, of which relevant problems to that time had impacted the teachers’ logical treatments; shows how European trends in the development of logical knowledge had been taken into account in the logic courses offered to students at St. Volodymyr University.

Author Biography

Iryna Khomenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of Logic

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2023-02-08

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Khomenko, I. (2023). On the history of teaching logic at the St. Volodymyr University. Filosofiya Osvity. Philosophy of Education, 28(2), 89–101. https://doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2022-28-2-4

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