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18/07/2026

18/07/2026

LEARNING LOGIC: A SHORT COURSE

At a time when information is abundant but clear thinking is increasingly rare, this book returns to one of the oldest intellectual disciplines of humanity: logic (manṭiq)—the science that safeguards the mind from error and trains it to think with precision, coherence, and depth.

In "Learning Logic: A Short Course," Muḥsin Gharawiyān presents a systematic yet accessible introduction to the foundations of traditional Aristotelian and Islamic logic. Carefully translated by Muḥammad-‘Alī Savādī and Maryam Savādī, and edited by Mansoor Limba, this volume guides readers through the essential structures of sound reasoning—from concepts (mafhūm) and propositions (qaḍiyyah (plural: qaḍāyā)) to syllogisms (qiyās), proof (burhān), dialectics (jadal), rhetoric (khaṭābah), poetry (shi‘r), and fallacy (mughāliṭah).

Designed originally within the intellectual tradition of the Islamic seminaries (ḥawzah al-‘ilmiyyah), the book bridges classical scholarship and contemporary educational needs. Each lesson combines concise explanations, review questions, and practical exercises, making it ideal both for self-study and classroom instruction.

More than a technical manual, this work is an invitation to disciplined thinking in an age of confusion, manipulation, and superficial discourse. Whether one is a student of Islamic studies, philosophy, theology, law, social sciences, or simply a seeker of intellectual clarity, this book demonstrates that logic is not merely an academic subject—it is a way of learning how to think before learning what to think.

Clear, structured, and intellectually grounded, Learning Logic serves as both a gateway to the rich heritage of Islamic intellectual tradition and a practical companion for anyone committed to the pursuit of truth through reasoned reflection.

Table of Contents

Preface

Lesson 1
The Necessity for Learning Logic
Thinking
Thinking as Man’s Advantage over Animals
Occurrence of Mistake in Thinking
Logic as the Appraiser of Thinking
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 2
The Subject of Logic
Types of Knowledge and Ignorance: Conception (taṣawwur) and Assent (taṣdīq)
Conceptional Ignorance (jahl taṣawwurī) and Assenting Ignorance (jahl taṣdīqī)
Axiomatic Knowledge (‘ilm ḍarūrī) and Cognitive Knowledge (‘ilm naẓarī)
Way of Attaining Conceptional Unknown (majhūl taṣawwurī) and Assenting Unknown (majhūl taṣdīqī)
Review Questions
Practical Exercises

Lesson 3
The Usage and Definition of Logic as Instrumental Science
The Usage of Logic
Logic as an Instrumental Science
Definition of Logic
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 4
The Formulator of Logic
Inherent Logic and Organized Logic
The Formulator of Logic
Dispelling a Doubt
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 5
A Discussion on Expressions (alfāẓ) in Logic
Peculiarities of Word-related Discussions in Logic
Signification (dalālah)
Division of Signification into Verbal (lafẓī) and Non-verbal (ghayr lafẓī)
Different Kinds of Verbal Signification
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 6
Classifications of Words
First Classification
Second Classification
Third Classification
Kinds of Compound
Kinds of Perfect Compound
Kinds of Singular Words
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 7
Concept and Referent – Universal and Particular
Concept (mafhūm)
Referent (miṣdāq)
Division of Concept into Universal (kullī) and Particular (juz’ī)
Universal Concepts
Particular Concepts
Relative Particular Concept
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 8
Four Relationships
Pictorial and Symbolic Representations of the Relationships
Relationships between Contradictories of Two Universal Concepts
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 9
The Five Universals
Definitions of the Five Universals
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 10
Divisions of the Five Universals
Divisions
Differentia as Constituent of Species and Divider of Genus
Accidental: Necessary, Separable
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 11
Definition and Its Types
Introduction
Kinds of Definition
Definition (ḥadd) and Description (rasm)
Complete and Incomplete Definition
Conclusions
Complete Description and Incomplete Description
Conclusions
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 12
The Rules of Definition
Purpose of Definition
The Five Rules of Definition
First Rule
Second Rule
Third Rule
Fourth Rule
Fifth Rule
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 13
Proposition and Its Kinds
Definition of Proposition (qaḍiyah)
Kinds of Proposition: Attributive (ḥamaliyyah) and Conditional (sharṭiyyah)
Conjunctive and Disjunctive Conditional Propositions
Kinds of Propositions: Positive (mūjibah) and Negative (sālibah)
Some Related Terms
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 14
Attributive Proposition and Its Kinds
(a) Individual (shakhṣiyyah), Natural (ṭabī‘iyyah), Indefinite (muhmalah), and Exclusive (maḥsūrah)
(b) Division of Affirmative Attributive [Proposition] into Mental (dhihniyyah), Actual (khārijiyyah) and Real (ḥaqīqah)
(c) Indefinite (ma‘dūlah) and Determined (muḥaṣṣilah)
Some Remarks
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 15
Modals
Three Modalities in Attributive Propositions
Modes in the Attributive Propositions
Kinds of Modal Propositions
Simple Modal Proposition
Compound Modal Propositions
Divisions of Attribution
1. Natural (ṭabi‘ī) and Conventional (waḍ‘ī) Attributions
2. Derivative (ishtiqāq) and Non-derivative (muwāṭāh) Attribution
3. Primary Essential (awwalī dhātī) and Common Technical (shāyi‘ ṣanā‘ī) Attribution
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 16
Conditional Proposition and Its Divisions
1. Individual (shakhṣiyyah), Indefinite (muhmalah) and Exclusive (maḥṣūrah) Propositions
2. Concomitant (luzūmiyyah) and Coincidental (ittifāqiyyah) Conjunctive (muttaṣilah) Conditional Proposition
3. Contrary (‘anādiyyah) and Coincidental (ittifāqiyyah) Disjunctive (munfaṣilah) Propositions
4. Real (ḥaqīqiyyah), Mutually Exclusive (māni‘at al-jam‘) and Totally Exclusive (māni‘at al-khaluww) Disjunctive Propositions
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 17
The Four Relationships among the Propositions
Relation of Contradiction
Nine-fold Unity in Contradiction
Relationship of Opposition
Subcontrary
Subaltern
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 18
Conversion (‘aks)
Simple Conversion
Contraposition
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 19
Argumentation and Its Kinds
Argumentation and the Mechanism of Each of Its Types
Syllogism
Kinds of Syllogism
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 20
Conjunctive Syllogism
Some Terms
Attributive and Conditional Conjunctive Syllogisms
Four Figures of Conjunctive Syllogism
Conditions of Conclusion
Conditions of the First Figure
Conclusive States in the First Figure
Rule
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 21
Conjunctive Syllogism: The Second, Third, and Fourth Figures
Second Figure
Conditions of the Second Figure
Conclusive States in the Second Figure
Third Figure
Conditions of the Third Figure
Conclusive Moods in the Third Figure
Fourth Figure
Conditions of the Fourth Figure
Conclusive Moods in the Fourth Figure
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 22
Exceptive Syllogism
Premises of Exceptive Syllogism
Kinds of Exceptive Syllogism
Conjunctive Exceptive Syllogism and the Mechanism of Its Inference
Disjunctive Exceptive Syllogism and the Mechanism of Its Inference
Exceptive Syllogism by Using Real Disjunctive
Exceptive Syllogism by Using Exclusive Disjunctive
Exceptive Syllogism by Using Disjunctive Negation
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 23
Induction and Analogy
Induction (istiqrā’)
Kinds of Induction
Analogy
Pillars of Analogy
Epistemological Value of Analogy
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 24
The Five Skills
Importance of the Five Skills
Content and Form
Contents of Reasoning
Some Notes
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 25
Premises of the Skills
1. Evident Premises
a. Observable Data
b. Empirical Premises
c. Transmitted Premises
d. Intuitive Intellections
e. A Priori Data
f. Presumed Premises
g. Well-known Premises
2. Imagined Premises
3. Admitted Premises
4. Accepted Premises
5. Outwardly True Premises
6. Imaginative Premises
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 26
Proof (burhān)
Definition
Division of Proof into a Priori and a Posteriori Demonstrations
The Value and Importance of Proof
The Purpose and Benefit of Proof
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 27
Dialectics (jadal)
Definition and Benefit of Dialectics
Some Terms
Thesis
Stance
Contents and Tools of Dialectics
Etiquettes of Disputation
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 28
Fallacy (mughāliṭah)
Importance and Necessity of Fallacy
Some Examples
Substance of Fallacy
Internal and External Elements of Fallacy
Fallacy in Diction and Semantic Fallacy
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 29
Semantic Fallacy
1. Fallacy of Converse Accident
2. Fallacy of Non-inherent Pro-inherent
3. Fallacy of Accident
4. Fallacy of Rigged Question
5. Fallacy of False Cause
6. Fallacy of Petitio Principii
7. Fallacy of Non-cause Pro-cause
Tactics and Styles of Sophists (External Elements)
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

Lesson 30
Rhetoric (khaṭābah) and Poetry (shi‘r)
Forms of Composition of Rhetoric
Conditions of an Accomplished Orator
Poetry
Benefits of Poetry
Review Questions
Practical Exercise

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Muhsin Gharawiyan, LEARNING LOGIC: A SHORT COURSE, ed. Mansoor Limba (ElziStyle Bookshop, 2022/2026)

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13/07/2026

Sansinukuban 3: International Studies from Mindanao

13/07/2026

SANSINUKUBAN 3: INT'L STUDIES FROM MINDANAO

About the Book

Sansinukuban 3: International Studies from Mindanao: Urban and Transnational Dynamics is a compelling testament to a simple but often overlooked truth: Mindanao does not merely exist within the global order—it actively shapes it.

This third volume of the Sansinukuban series gathers bold and original research from emerging Mindanawon scholars who interrogate the intersections of cities, identities, economies, and power across borders. Moving beyond state-centric and Western-dominated narratives, the book repositions Mindanao as a dynamic site of agency—where local actors, urban spaces, and transnational networks converge to produce knowledge, negotiate meaning, and transform realities.

From knowledge diplomacy linking Mindanao and Japan, to the re-reading of colonial histories, from the lived complexities of military-sexual economies in Zamboanga, to the global engagements of Davao City and the entrepreneurial landscapes shaped by migration, each chapter opens a window into how the “local” is never merely local.

At its core, Sansinukuban 3 is not just a collection of studies—it is an intellectual intervention. It insists that voices from the margins are not peripheral but central to understanding our interconnected world. It invites readers to rethink International Studies from the ground up, through the lived experiences, struggles, and aspirations of Mindanao and its people.

In these pages, Mindanao speaks—not as an object of study, but as a producer of knowledge, a participant in global conversations, and a force in shaping the contours of the contemporary world.

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CONTENTS

Publisher's Foreword
Mansoor L. Limba, PhD, SCL
Introduction
The Editors

Chapter 1
From Global Strategies to Community Practices: Analyzing the Localization of International Anti-Marine Pollution Norms by Filipino Youth Organizations in the Visayas Waters
Hannah Nicole R. Bitana
Karla Ylena M. Madroñero
Raiyaan D. Mohammad
Noorjannah-Shejam K. Wahab

Chapter 2
A Neo-Gramscian Analysis on Six US-affiliated Christian Faith-Based Organizations and their Peacebuilding Efforts in the BARMM
Heart Haezel M. Gacayan
Carlo G. Salut

Chapter 3
Turkish Soft Power Projection in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Zaj Hisham R. Mali
Kurt Ashlee D. Sanchez
Honey Angel S. Straver
Matthew G. Pernes

Chapter 4
Japanese Cultural Nationalism in the Lost Decade through the Gundam Mecha Anime Series
Adrian Ziv Alazaga
Mirai Nakagwa
Jakob G. Nobleza
Sam Anthony J. Salise

Chapter 5
Hindu Nationalism Beyond India: An Exploration of the Transnational Diffusion of Hindutva by the Indian Hindu Migrants in Davao City
Nicole Kayte S. Lacorte
Laarnie Arianne S. Agan
Princess Marrette M. Dedal
Nadeinmar R. Maulana

Index

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28/06/2026

THE WAIT IS OVER

The wait is over...
..after almost two years in the making.

June 28, 2026—while I am entertaining an unwelcome visitor called “the flu.”

Next writing project: a contemporary biography.

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About the Book:

A language does not disappear all at once. It fades whenever an elder’s voice goes unrecorded, a metaphor is no longer understood, or a generation stops listening.

‘mBayuka Tanu! Volume 2 answers that silence.

Twice the size of the first volume, this considerably expanded collection gathers thirty-five bayuk from living tradition bearers, social media recordings, contests, and community performances. Through careful transcription, English translation, cultural annotation, and accessible links to the original recitations, Mansoor Limba preserves not only the words of bayuk but also the voices, settings, and worlds from which they emerged.

Across nine thematic parts, bayuk speaks as prayer and counsel, memory and testimony, courtship and longing, political critique and moral warning. It remembers Martial Law and evacuation, honors mothers and ancestors, reflects on faith, knowledge, leadership, sacrifice, betrayal, and the struggles of everyday life. At its heart stands Bapa Sumilalao Demaguil—the living bayuk legend—whose voice reveals that genuine mastery lies not merely in memorization, but in the power to compose, respond, and speak wisdom into the needs of the present.

More than an anthology, this book is an invitation to listen, correct, remember, and participate. Its “Action Items” and QR-linked video performances return bayuk to the community from which it came—not as a relic sealed in print, but as a living language of beauty, conscience, and Maguindanaon identity.

Let the elders be heard. Let the meanings endure. Let the bayuk continue.

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16/05/2026

16/05/2026

KAUTILYA IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM

📘 Czar Julius S. Hojilla, Allen Cagoco C. Cagoco, and Jose Peter Chan, KAUTILYA IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM: AN ARTHASHASTRAN READING OF AMERICAN COLONIAL STRATEGIES IN MINDANAO AND THE AGENCY OF MINDANAWON ACTORS, 1898–1935 (ElziStyle Bookshop, 2026).

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17/03/2026

Inaul Video #4

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