organon
[awr-guh-non]
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noun, plural or·ga·na [awr-guh-nuh] /ˈɔr gə nə/, or·ga·nons.
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
Philosophy. a system of rules or principles of demonstration or investigation.
Origin of organon
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No man can invent an organon for writing tragedies and epic poems.
Pioneers of ScienceOliver Lodge
This it was which won recognition for an organon other than the mathematical.
CambridgeMildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
He describes special logic as the organon of this or that science.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith
Logic is the doctrine of the organon of science, and when applied is the organon of science.
Rhetoric was the organon of Roman education, and declamation was the aim of rhetoric.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the RenaissanceDonald Lemen Clark
organon
organum
noun plural organa (ˈɔːɡənə), -nons, -na or -nums Epistemology
Word Origin for organon
C16: from Greek: implement; see organ
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organon
[ôr′gə-nŏn′]
n. pl. or•ga•nons
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