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organon

[ awr-guh-non ]

noun

plural organa organons.
  1. an instrument of thought or knowledge.
  2. Philosophy. a system of rules or principles of demonstration or investigation.


organon

/ ˈɔːɡəˌɒ /

noun

  1. a system of logical or scientific rules, esp that of Aristotle
  2. archaic.
    a sense organ, regarded as an instrument for acquiring knowledge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of organon1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Greek óԴDz; organ
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of organon1

C16: from Greek: implement; see organ
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Where Thomas Aquinas, in his thirteenth century “Summa Theologica,” wished to systematize all of Christian doctrine, Lem wrote a secular organon of human civilization’s entanglement with machines.

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From which it followed that if there is no within, or if that within be inaccessible, either there is no reality, or man has no organon of knowledge, and is by constitution agnostic.

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Logic has the combination of concepts as such as problem, and the ground of knowledge as organon.

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Logic is the doctrine of the organon of science, and when applied is the organon of science.

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This organon was absent, and even in the art of medicine Hippocrates with all his genius did not get beyond highly trained observation, and a conception of disease as a process of Nature.

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