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noun

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

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How to use traditional logic in a sentence

This is the most important respect in which Hegel uncritically assumes the traditional logic.
Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy|Bertrand Russell
The traditional logic, however, cannot treat the matter so lightly.
Studies in the History and Method of Science|Various
The scientific uselessness of the traditional logic should not, however, excite surprise.
Studies in the History and Method of Science|Various
The Fixity of Terms, as it is tacitly presupposed in the traditional logic, is a scientific blunder of the gravest kind.
Studies in the History and Method of Science|Various

But the traditional logic ignores both the risk and the fiction and the lack of cogency in its attitude.
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British Dictionary definitions for traditional logic

traditional logic

noun

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

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