Aristotles Logic (Organon), the
Kerferd, Aristotle, The Czeslaw Lejewski, Ancient Logic,
instrument or tool of philosophy
1. Categories (Categoriae)
2. On Interpretation (De
interpretatione)
3. Prior Analytics (Analytica priora),
two books
4. Posterior Analytics (Analytica
posteriora), two books
5. Topics (Topica), eight books
6. On Sophistical Refutations (De
sophisticis elenchis)
Keith Burgess-Jackson, 13 March 2014
G. B.
Stephen Menn, Aristotle,
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1:155
(1967/1972)
A preliminary treatise dealing with
terms
A preliminary treatise dealing with
propositions
The syllogism
The conditions of scientific
knowledge, including what extra
requirements besides consistency are
necessary for the attainment of truth
Syllogistically correct kinds of
reasoning which fall short of the
conditions of scientific accuracy
An appendix to Topics
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2d ed.,
4:513-20 (1967/1972)
Nonpropositional expressions:
substance, quantity, quality, relation,
place, time, position, state, action,
affection
The theory of opposition, which
establishes logical relations between a
simple affirmation and the
corresponding simple denial; the
theory of conversion; the theory of
the assertoric syllogism; the theory of
the modal syllogism
See immediately above
Scientific method; a collection of
notes
A manual for participants in contests
that involved argumentation
Fallacies; a sequel to the Topics
1:269-71 (2006)
Single terms and the simple objects
(substances, quantities, qualities,
relations, actions, passions, where,
when, positions (e.g., standing),
states (e.g., armed) that they signify
Propositions composed of two terms
linked by a copula (affirmative or
negative, universal or particular,
assertoric or modal)
Syllogisms, valid arguments composed
of three propositions sharing three
terms (e.g., A belongs to no B, C
belongs to all B, therefore A does not
belong to all C, valid since Aristotle
rejects empty terms
Scientific or demonstrative syllogism,
where the premises must be true and
causally explanatory of the conclusion
Dialectical syllogism, where the
premises need only be plausible
Sophistical or pseudo-dialectical
syllogisms, which are only apparently
valid or have only apparently plausible
premises; may be considered as a final
book of the Topics