Aristotle's Logic: Detailed Table of Contents

• §1: Introduction
• §2: Aristotle's Logical Works; The Organon
• §3 The Subject of Logic: "Syllogisms"
  1. Induction and Deduction
  2. Aristotelian Deductions and Modern Valid Arguments
• §4: Premises: The Structures of Assertions
  1. Terms
  2. Affirmations, Denials, and Contradictions
  3. All, Some, and None
     • The "Square of Opposition"
     • Some Convenient Abbreviations
• §5: The Syllogistic
  1. The Figures
  2. Methods of Proof: Conversion and Reduction
  3. Methods of Disproof: Counterexamples and Terms
  4. The Deductions in the Figures ("Moods")
  5. Metatheoretical Results
  6. Syllogisms with Modalities
• §6: Demonstrations and Demonstrative Sciences
  1. Aristotelian Sciences
  2. The Regress Problem
  3. Aristotle's Solution: "It Eventually Comes to a Stop"
  4. Knowledge of First Principles: Nous
• §7: Definitions
  1. Definitions and Essences
  2. Species, Genus, and Differentia
  3. The Categories
  4. The Method of Division
  5. Definition and Demonstration
• §8: Dialectical Argument and the Art of Dialectic
  1. Dialectical Premises: The Meaning of Endoxos
  2. The Two Elements of the Art of Dialectic
  3. The Uses of Dialectic and Dialectical Argument
     • Gymnastic Dialectic
     • Dialectic That Puts to the Test
     • Dialectic and Philosophy
• §9: Non-Contradiction and Metaphysics
• §10: Dialectic and Rhetoric
• §11: Sophistical Arguments
• §12: Time and Necessity: The Sea-Battle
• §13: Glossary of Aristotelian Terminology
• Bibliography
• Other Internet Resources
• Related Entries

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