2000年3月18日 · Aristotle’s logic, especially his theory of the syllogism, has had an unparalleled influence on the history of Western thought. It did not always hold this position: in the Hellenistic period, Stoic logic, and in particular the work of Chrysippus, took pride of place.

Aristotelian logic, after a great and early triumph, consolidated its position of influence to rule over the philosophical world throughout the Middle Ages up until the 19 th Century. All that changed in a hurry when modern logicians embraced a new kind of mathematical logic and pushed out what they regarded as the antiquated and clunky method ...

In logic and formal semantics, term logic, also known as traditional logic, syllogistic logic or Aristotelian logic, is a loose name for an approach to formal logic that began with Aristotle and was developed further in ancient history mostly by his followers, the Peripatetics.

Aristotle’s logical writings comprise six 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.

2023年11月4日 · What is Aristotle’s theory of logic? Why is it important? This article aims to suggest answers to these questions. It begins with a discussion of Aristotle’s place in the history of philosophy, of logic in particular, and the relationship between his logic and logic as it is practiced today.

The Organon was used in the school founded by Aristotle at the Lyceum, and some parts of the works seem to be a scheme of a lecture on logic. So much so that after Aristotle's death, his publishers (Andronicus of Rhodes in 50 BC, for example) collected these works.

2023年10月30日 · Aristotle saw logic as the key to uncovering the causes and principles behind natural phenomena, human behavior, and even moral decisions. By applying logical methods like syllogisms and deduction, philosophers and scientists could better understand the nature of reality and how things work.

2. Aristotle's Logical Works: The Organon; 3. The Subject of Logic: "Syllogisms" 3.1 Induction and Deduction; 3.2 Aristotelian Deductions and Modern Valid Arguments; 4. Premises: The Structures of Assertions. 4.1 Terms; 4.2 Affirmations, Denials, and Contradictions; 4.3 All, Some, and None; 5. The Syllogistic. 5.1 The Figures

Aristotle has been regarded as the first scientist. [171] [172] Among countless other achievements, Aristotle was the founder of formal logic, [173] pioneered the study of zoology, and left every future scientist and philosopher in his debt through his …

For Aristotle, then, logic is the instrument (the "organon") by means of which we come to know anything. He proposed as formal rules for correct reasoning the basic principles of the categorical logic that was universally accepted by Western philosophers until the nineteenth century.