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n. - A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations.

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  • He defines logic as being neither a science nor an art, but, in keeping with the traditional meaning of the word organon, just an instrument
  • Knowledge is here considered from the practical point of view, as a weapon in the struggle for life, as an "organon" which has been continuously in use for generations.
  • Beyond the general principle of utility, therefore, we have to consider the 'organon' constructed by him to give effect to a general principle too vague to be applied in...
  • To use Stumpf's terms, they are the atrium and the organon of all sciences and of philosophy.
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