Organon
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Organon is the traditional collection of Aristotle’s works on logic, which laid the foundation for formal logical theory in Western philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Organon canonical | 14 |
| Organon model | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4270401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Organon Context triple: [Posterior Analytics, partOf, Organon]
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A.
Enchiridion
Enchiridion is a concise Stoic handbook attributed to the Greek philosopher Epictetus, offering practical guidance on ethics and personal conduct.
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B.
Miscellanea Analytica
Miscellanea Analytica is a seminal 18th-century mathematical treatise by Abraham de Moivre that develops advanced methods in analysis and probability theory.
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C.
New Organon
New Organon is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that proposes a new method of scientific inquiry based on empirical observation and inductive reasoning.
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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E.
Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Organon Target entity description: Organon is the traditional collection of Aristotle’s works on logic, which laid the foundation for formal logical theory in Western philosophy.
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A.
Enchiridion
Enchiridion is a concise Stoic handbook attributed to the Greek philosopher Epictetus, offering practical guidance on ethics and personal conduct.
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B.
Miscellanea Analytica
Miscellanea Analytica is a seminal 18th-century mathematical treatise by Abraham de Moivre that develops advanced methods in analysis and probability theory.
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C.
New Organon
New Organon is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that proposes a new method of scientific inquiry based on empirical observation and inductive reasoning.
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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E.
Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aristotelian logical corpus
ⓘ
collection of philosophical works ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
categories
ⓘ
deductive reasoning ⓘ definition ⓘ demonstrative science ⓘ fallacy ⓘ induction ⓘ proposition ⓘ syllogism ⓘ term ⓘ |
| compiledByTradition | Andronicus of Rhodes ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Aristotle’s Ethics
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle’s Metaphysics ⓘ
linked to:
Metaphysics by Aristotle
Aristotle’s Physics ⓘ
linked to:
Aristotelian physics
|
| field |
epistemology
ⓘ
logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasDisciplineRole | foundation of formal logical theory in Western philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Categories
ⓘ
On Interpretation ⓘ On Sophistical Refutations ⓘ
linked to:
Sophistical Refutations
Posterior Analytics ⓘ Prior Analytics ⓘ Topics ⓘ |
| inAristotleCorpus | logical works ⓘ |
| influenced |
Averroes
ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ Hegel ⓘ
linked to:
G. W. F. Hegel
Islamic philosophy ⓘ Kant ⓘ
linked to:
Immanuel Kant
Latin medieval philosophy ⓘ Leibniz ⓘ
linked to:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
medieval scholastic logic ⓘ modern formal logic ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| regardedAs | instrument of scientific knowledge ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | instrument ⓘ |
| tradition | Western philosophy ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard logic textbook in medieval universities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Byzantine education
ⓘ
Islamic madrasas ⓘ Latin scholastic curriculum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (15)
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