Handbook of the 6th World Congress and School on Universal Logic: Logic Functions in the Philosophy of Al-Farabi

Al-Farabi (870-950 AD), peripatetic philosopher came to be known as the SecondTeacher (al-Mou'allim al-Thani), Aristotle being the first. His most contributions wereclarifying the functions of logic as follows: defined logic and compared it with grammarin a unique and useful manner; made the study of logic easier by dividing it into twocategories: idea and proof; believed that the objective of logic is to correct faults we mayfind in ourselves and in others; and if we do not comprehend logic, we must either havefaith in all people, or mistrust all people, or differentiate between them.In this paper, I will analyse his logical works, Kitab al-lhsa al 'Ulum (Enumeration of theSciences), Kitab al-qiyas (Book on the Syllogism), Kitab al-jadal (Book on Dialectic),Kitab al-burhan (Book on Demonstration), and Fusus al-Hikam (The Ring stones ofWisdom), in order to present his contributions in field of logic.

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