... saw logic as a tool or organ to be used to have philosophical knowledge. Two kinds of logic were used by Aristotle: deductive, which led to certain conclusions and inductive which led to probable conclusions. He is famous for the syllogism (deductive reasoning) that takes two truths, connects them, and comes up with a third statement that is also true. He believed the syllogism was ... the best way to lead to absolute truth and knowledge. He also used inductive reasoning to go from specific statements to general statements. He explored how to know ... and wrong actions interfere with h...

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... 's logic deduction. He worked extensively with logic because, as told by D. J O"Conner, he "rightly regarded logic as providing the method or technique of philosophical progress"(38). The first to develop deductive inference, Aristotle defined syllogism as "a discourse in which certain things having been stated, something else follows of necessity from their being so"(Charles 24). Syllogisms can be represented by a's are ... geometry, as Aristotle himself understood the subject. Only one of six works on logic, deal with formal logic as Aristotle understood the subject. The five others de...

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