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Definitions

Aristotelian logic

NOUN

traditional logic

Synonyms

WEAK

Aristotelian philosophy Aristotelianism categorical logic formal logic syllogism syllogistic logic term logic

Example Sentences

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The team has since followed that blockbuster move with a series of peculiar free agent acquisitions that don’t seem to adhere to any sense of Aristotelian logic.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2018

Applying Aristotelian logic to his astronomical calculations, he deductively reasoned all celestial bodies orbited around the Earth, which was located at the center of the universe.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

One does not need Aristotelian logic to determine...

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2016

Aristotelian logic, Reiser says, has dominated Western thought for 2,000 years, confuses science and society by its omnipresent lingering.

From Time Magazine Archive

In insisting these were the only tools required Galileo was dismissing Aristotelian logic as an irrelevance.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton