From these logical frameworks, so clearly designed for discussion, Aristotle derived his entire theory of the syllogism. He came to realize that the necessity with which one drew the consequences from theses initially posited was entirely independent of the fact … Read More
The Topics, in their practical applications, provide the means to determine which of these classes a given attribute belongs to; for example, an attribute will only be recognized as a genus of the subject if it is verified that it … Read More
The same remark applies to the theory of the proposition which is the basis of Aristotelian logic. By asserting that every proposition is composed of a subject and an attribute, Aristotle supported a thesis of immense scope, not only logically, … Read More
Aristotle is the inventor of formal logic, that is to say of that part of logic which gives rules of reasoning independent of the content of the thoughts on which one reasons. But, despite appearances, the logical writings gathered under … Read More
