Aristotelian logic

American  

noun

1. the logic of Aristotle, especially in the modified form taught in the Middle Ages.

2. traditional logic.

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Aristotelian logic British  

/ ˌærɪstəˈtiːlɪən /

noun

1. the logical theories of Aristotle as developed in the Middle Ages, concerned mainly with syllogistic reasoning: traditional as opposed to modern or symbolic logic

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Etymology

Origin of Aristotelian logic

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The team has since followed that blockbuster move with a series of peculiar free agent acquisitions that don’t seem to adhere to any sense of Aristotelian logic.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2018

Applying Aristotelian logic to his astronomical calculations, he deductively reasoned all celestial bodies orbited around the Earth, which was located at the center of the universe.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

One does not need Aristotelian logic to determine...

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2016

The Moon Nineteen sixty-eight had a kind of Aristotelian logic, the proportions of tragedy.

From Time Magazine Archive

In insisting these were the only tools required Galileo was dismissing Aristotelian logic as an irrelevance.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton