Published in Games from Antiquity to Baroque

Keywords: Keywords: Boethius, Hypothetical Syllogisms, Medieval Logic, Topical Arguments.

This paper intends to draw attention to logical aspects to be found in Boethius’s works. Our intention is to highlight a connection between topical arguments and hypothetical syllogisms as well as the way Boethius uses a logical approach as the foundation of his philosophical arguments in treatises other than his commentaries on specific logical theories.