Background
Thompson, Bruce Erwin Ruy was born on January 21, 1952 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Donald Claude and Carolyn Hope Hollister Thompson.
(Syllogisms are the oldest and most carefully studied logi...)
Syllogisms are the oldest and most carefully studied logical forms. This book attempts to convey some sense of the tradition in which syllogistic logic has developed; but the book also goes well beyond the classical theory. Rather than limiting syllogistic logic to the quantifiers 'all' and 'some', this book begins with an expanded group of ordinary language quantifiers, including 'few', 'most', and 'many', and ends with a full range of proportional quantifiers, such as '23% of' and 'more than 98% of'. The book gives a point by point explanation of syllogistic logic, directed primarily at beginners, but offering material that will be new and interesting even to advanced scholars.
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Thompson, Bruce Erwin Ruy was born on January 21, 1952 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Donald Claude and Carolyn Hope Hollister Thompson.
Master of Arts, University Denver, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, University Colorado, Boulder, 1988. Medical Science Liaison Society, Clarion University Pennsylvania, 1993.
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Married Susan Meredith Thompson, February 11, 1978. Children: Robin George Gallatin, Brendon Emory Douglas(deceased), Tamlin Joseph Harwwod.