Organon
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The Organon is a collection of six works by Aristotle that form the foundation of Western logic. Aristotle viewed logic not as a theoretical science, but as a crucial "tool" (organon) for all other sciences.123
The six works within the Organon are:
* Categories: Discusses ten basic kinds of entities.13
* On Interpretation: Covers semantics and the structure of propositions.13
* Prior Analytics: Details the theory of syllogistic reasoning.13
* Posterior Analytics: Presents Aristotle's theory of scientific demonstration.13
* Topics: Explores nondemonstrative reasoning and argumentation.13
* Sophistic Refutations: Analyzes various types of logical fallacies.13
Aristotle's logic was groundbreaking, introducing the use of variables and a systematic approach to reasoning that influenced philosophical thought for centuries.13
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- Aristotelian logic
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- history of logic - Other 18th-century logicians
- Aristotelianism - From the Renaissance to the 18th century
- Aristotelianism - Early development
- Aristotle - Propositions and categories
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history of logicAristotle…works, known collectively as the Organon (“Tool”). The significance of the name is that logic, for Aristotle, was not one of the theoretical sciences. These were physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. Instead, logic was a tool used by all the sciences. (To say that logic is not a science in this…
Read More…works, known collectively as the Organon (“Tool”). The significance of the name is that logic, for Aristotle, was not one of the theoretical sciences. These were physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. Instead, logic was a tool used by all the sciences. (To say that logic is not a science in this…
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…translated the rest of Aristotle’s Organon, except for the Posterior Analytics, but the history of those translations and their circulation in Europe is much more complicated; they did not come into widespread use until the first half of the 12th century. In addition, Boethius wrote commentaries and other logical works…
Read More…translated the rest of Aristotle’s Organon, except for the Posterior Analytics, but the history of those translations and their circulation in Europe is much more complicated; they did not come into widespread use until the first half of the 12th century. In addition, Boethius wrote commentaries and other logical works…
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…made the whole of the Organon available in Latin. These newly available Aristotelian works were known collectively as the Logica nova (“New Logic”). In a flurry of activity, others in the 12th and 13th centuries produced additional translations of these works and of Greek and Arabic commentaries on them, along…
Read More…made the whole of the Organon available in Latin. These newly available Aristotelian works were known collectively as the Logica nova (“New Logic”). In a flurry of activity, others in the 12th and 13th centuries produced additional translations of these works and of Greek and Arabic commentaries on them, along…
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