traditional logic

noun

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

traditional logic

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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The traditional logic, however, cannot treat the matter so lightly.

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The scientific uselessness of the traditional logic should not, however, excite surprise.

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The Fixity of Terms, as it is tacitly presupposed in the traditional logic, is a scientific blunder of the gravest kind.

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

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