Bosnia Porphyriana : Nacrt razvoja logike u Bosni i Hercegovini
Bosnia Porphyriana : An Outline of the Development of Logic in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: In this paper a short outline of the development of logic in Bosnia and Herzegovina over several historical periods is exposed. The exposition includes the period of the Ottomans’ occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and governing of the Empire, the period of Austro-Hungarian Empire and governing of the Monarchy, the period of Communist regime and governing of the Socialistic Republic and the period from the end of the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to present day (Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina) governing of the International Community. Each period is described with its own organization of education, the educational paradigm, the status of logic as a subject in the educational system, the main persons working in logical science (researching, lecturing, writing books and papers), the main works and the main ideas. The text Introduction (lat. Isagoge; arab. Īsāġūğī), written by Porphyry, a neo-platonic commentator of Aristotle, was present as themain text or mainmanual as a source of motivation for the logical reflections and writings through all of the periods of education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is the reason the syntagm Bosnia Porphyryana was introduced in this paper.

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