Traditional Logic

This is a relatively loose term intended to cover the logical systems from ancient Greece to the heyday of medieval scholasticism. (…) is the logic that enjoyed an organic development from its founding by Aristotle and input from the Stoics and Megarian logicians to a later flourishing the Middle Ages; (SULLIVAN 2006)

Three Acts of Human Reason

Philosophers in the classical tradition recognized that the human intellect has three fundamental operations or acts. These three acts are called simple apprehension, judgment and reasoning. (SULLIVAN 2006, 2)

Simple Apprehension

  • "What is that?"
  • Recognizing the essence or nature of entities.

Judgment

Reason

Other Texts

References:

SULLIVAN, S. 2006. “An Introduction to Traditional Logic.” North Charleston, Usa: Booksurge.