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A tradition of writing and teaching logic came into existence in Islamic world on the basis of Aristotle's treatises both on logic and on topics related to logic, the most apparent manifestation of which was to represent logic in the form of a nine-partite system of logicography (according to eight treatises of Aristotle and Porphyry's Isagoge). Ibn Sīnā, as the most distinguished logician of the Islamic world, could combine both Aristotelian and Stoic legacy in logic with his own critical reflections on logic, first philosophy, and the relation between these two disciplines. Accordingly, he, as the most voluminous author in the field of logic, has presented both many books in the framework of Aristotle's work on logic and some different books, the most important of which is al-Ishārāt wat-Tanbīhāt: Mantiq (Remarks and Admonitions: Logic).In this book, Ibn Sīnā presents his early project in textbooks of logic according to his own conception of logic in its definition, relation with first philosophy, metaphysical foundations, tasks, topics or subject matters, and the appropriate structure of textbooks to manifest logic as it is or as it must be. Accordingly, Ishārāt became the manifestation of representing logic in an important non-Aristotelian manner: a manner that has been called two-partite system of logicography, with prevalence particularly in Eastern districts of the Islamic world.In this paper, we will speak about Ibn Sīnā's innovations and achievements in logic as well as their advantages, all relying on some points taken from the history of logic.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10193-4_1

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