The superiority of Aristotle’s teachings on logic and reasoning

If your #logic is slightly wrong, even one per cent wrong, you will end up completely lost fairly soon. Over time, your errors will compound and the consequences will eventually wipe you out. No one can escape the deleterious effects of faulty logic. There are three aspects that render Aristotelian logic vastly superior to other logical systems. For attaining success in your private and professional life, Aristotle’s logic is indispensable. Let us pass review at the three aspects that make it so effective. First, Aristotelian logic relies on human #perception . It does not need extrasensory inputs or religious insights to draw valid conclusions. It only needs facts or statements based on sensory data normally available to humans. That’s all it takes. Syllogisms, the logical method devised by #aristotle , operate on two premises that share a middle term, which enables us to reach a conclusion; the premises might be perfectly accurate or rather imprecise. Yet, even in the worst cases, we can still draw a conclusion provided that the premises share a middle term. The fact that Aristotelian logic works on human perception is crucial. Its importance should not be underestimated. In fact, catastrophic #decisions are often the result of people discarding their own senses and invoking insights from a higher realm. Ramon Llull (1232–1315) is to blame for having attacked and undermined this aspect of Aristotelian logic. Llull found it wrong that Aristotelian logic didn’t include mystical insights. It is a pity that his ideas gained traction in the early #renaissance and managed to confuse other philosophers. Gottfried Wilhelm #leibniz (1646-1716) made things worse by inventing requirements that he wanted to add to everyday logic; his invented claims only created #confusion and degraded the logical method devised by Aristotle. Here is the link to the original article: https://johnvespasian.com/the-superiority-of-aristotles-teachings-on-logic-and-reasoning/