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

Traditional logic and preconceived ideas don’t cover their complicated needs.

From Washington Post

Any following garnered from these independent projects will surely benefit their book sales, or so the traditional logic goes.

From Salon

“Either the CSU stays within the traditional logic or it goes nuclear and breaks apart the party system in Germany.”

From Washington Post

These neurons replace the traditional logic gates found in today’s silicon, and instead of processing information as binary 1s and 0s, they weight the signals they send, making their functionality more analog than binary.

From The Verge