I'm supposed to be writing a midterm paper on Frege-ian? logic vs Aristotelian logic...but I ended up browsing TL instead. Then I noticed Zulu's blog asking for something or other on Nietzsche and Foucalt...

So I figured I might as well ask for some help here as well.

Can someone PLEASE explain Aristotelian logic to me? I don't have a good grasp on it, and it's totally fucking me up the ass.

I just need some sort of gloss (especially in contrast to Frege's or modern logic), because as of now all I have are points to go over on both forms, but nearly nothing to say on the two together.

I'm only good at this philosophy shit when I'm on Adderall, I swear...

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

February 10 2009 01:16 GMT

quick google search yielded this
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/

I've never learned this stuff before, but reading a bit of the site gave me some basic understanding of it. Might help you too.

United States6173 Posts

February 10 2009 01:19 GMT

Yeah, I've been going through that. Thanks, though.

SEP is great... (:

micronesia

United States24757 Posts

February 10 2009 01:22 GMT

On February 10 2009 10:13 PH wrote:
I'm supposed to be writing a midterm paper on Frege-ian? logic vs Aristotelian logic...but I ended up browsing TL instead.

Hahaha this is such an epidemic oh my god

Hans-Titan

Denmark1711 Posts

February 10 2009 01:29 GMT

On February 10 2009 10:16 ieatkids5 wrote:
quick google search yielded this
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/

I've never learned this stuff before, but reading a bit of the site gave me some basic understanding of it. Might help you too.

For anything you can possibly ask that is philosophy related that site is just awesome. Used it thoroughly when I studied for my philosophy exam, and it's really great.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

February 10 2009 01:41 GMT

i have a 2000-3000 word draft thing for the first section of my dissertation due tmr and im .. well . . here.. fuck

EsX_Raptor

United States2802 Posts

February 10 2009 01:43 GMT

1 + 1 = 2

hence

2 + 2 = 4

+ Show Spoiler +

jk! xP
first thing i thought of was discrete math =( im pro @ that

United States6173 Posts

February 10 2009 01:45 GMT

That's actually a huge part of Frege...he fucking devotes an entire section of an essay to examining basic math...like why 2+3=5 and why you can say that 2+3=7 is false or something like that...

That's the basis for his entire logic thing...examining basic arithmetic and showing that it stems from logic...or is at least a major part of it.

At least that's how I understand it so far...

UGH. I wish Frege was a better writer...then the translation wouldnt be so fucking hard to read, I bet. I've NEVER come across writing as dense as this shit.

United States6173 Posts

February 10 2009 01:46 GMT

On February 10 2009 10:41 alffla wrote:
i have a 2000-3000 word draft thing for the first section of my dissertation due tmr and im .. well . . here.. fuck

ahahahhaha...I can only imagine the shit you're in. What is your dissertation on?

On February 10 2009 10:22 micronesia wrote:

Show nested quote +

Hahaha this is such an epidemic oh my god

Find a cure...please.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

February 10 2009 01:54 GMT

#10

well i'm a law student in the uk...

my diss. is about the law in the uk regarding rights issues of share capital and whether the current system is any good. yea its pretty boring fuck why did i choose this haha.

its sort of 'current' cuz of the whole HBOs and RBS bradfrod and bingley banks credit crunch crap when they're trying to raise capital quicckly btu then the current law is kinda crap so it took them like 3 months to do that and then got fucked over by thatt yep...

asdfffffffffff no idea what im writing about LOOOL its 2am now

i also just watched light vs fantasy WL sick (1 hour long) game

Cpt Obvious

Germany3073 Posts

February 10 2009 01:54 GMT

#11

Hey, I'm here too. And I'm not even supposed to be studying. So, is there anyone else like me or am I the only one?

Dknight

United States5223 Posts

February 10 2009 02:10 GMT

#12

On February 10 2009 10:54 Cpt Obvious wrote:
Hey, I'm here too. And I'm not even supposed to be studying. So, is there anyone else like me or am I the only one?

This isn't a thread about having sex with a prostitute but rather about logic.

United States6173 Posts

February 10 2009 02:37 GMT

#13

YUSS

BREAKTHROUGH...I'm starting to get this...

Now I just need to figure out how to shit out just FIVE PAGES on this...

I'm such an undergrad...haha.

United States6173 Posts

February 10 2009 07:14 GMT

#14

I am finally almost done. Just need to figure out a way to end the paper (in other words...write a conclusion...) and I am done. ugh.

Osmoses

Sweden5302 Posts

February 10 2009 07:27 GMT

#15

On February 10 2009 10:13 PH wrote:
I'm supposed to be writing a midterm paper on Frege-ian? logic vs Aristotelian logic...but I ended up browsing TL instead.

I was supposed to have been working on my final project for these past two months... But I ended up browsing TL instead.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

February 10 2009 13:02 GMT

#16

It's illogical to waste time browsing TL when you have homework due soon

minus_human

4784 Posts

February 10 2009 23:21 GMT

#17

Aristotel was D- lol

How can you like a guy who said that 'logic is enough to solve the Universe'

he actually thought that if you stand in a cave with enough time and intelligence, you will figure out everything without any need for practical observation of ANYTHING

minus_human

4784 Posts

February 10 2009 23:23 GMT

#18

and yeah, Team Liquid is effectively SUCKING ALL MY TIME, leaving me with hours upon hours of doing nothing but mouse scrolling and clicking