What is Organon according to Aristotle?
The Organon (Ancient Greek: Ὄργανον, meaning "instrument, tool, organ") is the standard collection of Aristotle's six works on logic. The name Organon was given by Aristotle's followers, the Peripatetics.
What is Aristotle famous book on logic?
The Organon Read The Organon by Aristotle, compare it to the ideas of other great logicians, learn the a priori laws of formal logic, and begin to see the truth that has been hidden from us for many generations.
What does Organon mean in Latin?
[ awr-guh-non ] noun. an instrument of thought or knowledge.
What does Organon mean in Greek?
tool History and Etymology for organon Greek, literally, tool — more at organ.
What is the Organon of philosophy?
(Greek, instrument) The name traditionally given to the body of Aristotle's logical works: Categories, On Interpretation, Prior Analytics, Posterior Analytics, Topics, and Sophistical Refutations. The title reflects the Peripatetics' view that logic is not a part of philosophy, but a tool of all enquiry.
Is Organon part of Merck?
The name Organon has been a part of Merck since Merck's acquisition of Schering-Plough in 2009.
Why did Aristotle consider logic as an Organon?
For Aristotle, then, logic is the instrument (the "organon") by means of which we come to know anything. He proposed as formal rules for correct reasoning the basic principles of the categorical logic that was universally accepted by Western philosophers until the nineteenth century.
