The development of Arab logic by Khalid Al-Ruwaheeb, translated by Ahmed Shukri Mujahid

Often, the history of logic has been reduced in Arab Islamic culture to an unfair simplification, with the journey of logic confined between the moment this new arrival entered the era of translation and the moment it was recognized as one of the essential sciences for studying the science of Usul al-Fiqh and Kalam. The role of Arab and Muslim logicians was limited to transmitting this Greek tradition and explaining it. However, new approaches in the study of the history of logic have become more attentive to highlighting the role of Muslim and Arab logicians and philosophers in developing syllogisms, proofs, the logic of the cause, and the conditionals. More importantly, the journey of logic did not end with the era of Al-Ghazali, but continued its path and introduced many remarkable innovations in the six centuries before the modern era. This book traces the efforts of 89 authors in the sciences of logic, documents their works, key topics, and debates they engaged with, exploring the development of the science, its authorship, study, and the areas of interest of its scholars across different eras and regions. The book features an extensive bibliography covering the most prominent figures in logic over the six studied centuries. Its geographical scope is not limited to the Arab East but also includes Iranian, Islamic Indian, Ottoman Turkish, and Maghrebian heritage, as well as the tradition of logic in the writings of Eastern Christians, providing a broad and comprehensive picture of the Arab logic journey in a neglected historical phase.