traditional logic

American  

noun

1. formal logic based on syllogistic formulas, especially as developed by Aristotle.

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traditional logic British  

noun

1. the logic of the Late Middle Ages, derived from Aristotelian logic, and concerned esp with the study of syllogism

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Example Sentences

Across the country, billionaires are still spending tens of millions of dollars on homes, despite traditional logic telling them to park their money elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

By bypassing the traditional logic of genetics and evolution, epigenetics can arouse fantasies about warp-speeding heredity: you can make your children taller by straining your neck harder.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2016

This is the most important respect in which Hegel uncritically assumes the traditional logic.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

The introduction of contradiction into logical concepts as their sine qua non meant indeed a revolutionary departure from traditional logic.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

Loving his old Service with passionate jealousy, he was not blind to the weakness of its traditional logic: it was not probable; therefore it was not true; and so to sleep again, dear boys!

From The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea by Ollivant, Alfred