Organon of Aristotle – basis for the formation of formal logic

Abstract

In this article a comparative analysis is conducted studies of logic in history of ancient Greek classic philosophy, that for truth is considered gold the cradle of all subsequent Western European philosophical idea. And it is impossible without deep research of the richest heritage of Aristotle that is universally recognized considered the “father of logic”. In the real article we will give general description of logical (formally-logical) studies of Aristotle only. Authors consider logical range of problems of Aristotle on a next chart: a concept is judgement – deduction is logical laws – correlation of rich in content and formal logic. All logical labours of Aristotle, that a that united follower, researcher and commentator of studies of Aristotle, entered in the complement of «Organon», will be analysed in the article.
Key words: Categories, analytic geometry, topical, logic, sophistry, dialectics, sophists, substance, rhetoric, Aristotle, syllogism.