DanielCC wrote:
I'd advise against any textbooks on Aristotelian logic. Although there are modern philosophers who defend a modified form of Organon logic by and large the simplified account the Neo-Thomists used has been utterly superseded by modern logic - it would be equivalent to trying to sell the virtues of Betamax to someone used to Blueray.
I completely disagree that Aristotelian logic is outdated in any sense. Any particular system of logic provides only a limited clue to what logic as such (as correct thinking) is about. The complete view dawns when one knows several systems, just like every additional language in addition to the mother tongue adds to the comprehension of the full potential of human language.
Aristotelian logic is an irreducible part of the complete picture of A-T philosophy. The article I linked to makes it wonderfully clear that there can be good and not so good textbook representations of Aristotelian logic, and how Aristotelian system relates to modern logic.
There are legitimately differing views if there's an insurmountable chasm between traditional and modern logic or if there's been a more or less smooth development, refinement or degeneration.
