Can Aristotle’s Logic be Considered a Formal Logic?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.344561
Keywords: Aristotle, Formal Logic, Immediate Inference, Demostration

Abstract

In this paper I discuss the question of whether Aristotle’s logic is a formal logic or not. I answer that, although the doctrines contained in the Organon inaugurate indeed formal logic, there are also good reasons to think that Aristotle did not believe that logic was a discipline that ought to prescind completely from content.

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01-01-2021
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Llovet Abascal, J. M. (2021). Can Aristotle’s Logic be Considered a Formal Logic?. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (82), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.344561
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