Analysis of Aristotle's Logic: with Remarks

by Thomas Reid

""Analysis of Aristotle's With Remarks"" is a book written by Thomas Reid and published in 1806. It is a comprehensive analysis of Aristotle's logic, with Reid providing his own commentary and criticisms of Aristotle's ideas. The book is divided into three parts, with the first part focusing on Aristotle's Organon, the second on Aristotle's Categories, and the third on Aristotle's Prior Analytics. Reid begins by discussing the importance of logic and its role in philosophy. He then delves into Aristotle's Organon, which is a collection of works that deal with logic and reasoning. Reid provides an overview of the Organon and discusses Aristotle's ideas on categories, propositions, and syllogisms. In the second part of the book, Reid analyzes Aristotle's Categories, which is a work that deals with the classification of things. Reid provides his own commentary on Aristotle's ideas, and he criticizes Aristotle's belief that there are only ten categories. The third part of the book focuses on Aristotle's Prior Analytics, which is a work that deals with deductive reasoning. Reid provides an overview of the Prior Analytics and discusses Aristotle's ideas on propositions, syllogisms, and the principles of reasoning. Throughout the book, Reid provides his own criticisms and comments on Aristotle's ideas. He argues that Aristotle's logic is flawed in certain areas, and he offers his own ideas on logic and reasoning. Overall, ""Analysis of Aristotle's With Remarks"" is a detailed and insightful analysis of Aristotle's logic, with Reid providing his own commentary and criticisms of Aristotle's ideas. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of logic and reasoning.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1806

About the author

The Reverend Thomas Reid FRSE, a religiously trained Scottish philosopher and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. The early part of his life was spent in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he created the 'Wise Club' (a literary-philosophical association) and graduated from the University of Aberdeen. He was given a professorship at King's College, Aberdeen in 1752, where he wrote An Inquiry Into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (published in 1764). Shortly afterwards he was given the prestigious Professorship of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow when he was called to replace Adam Smith. He resigned from this position in 1781.

Reid believed that common sense (in a special philosophical sense of sensus communis) is, or at least should be, at the foundation of all philosophical inquiry. He disagreed with Hume, who asserted that we can never know what an external world consists of as our knowledge is limited to the ideas in the mind, and George Berkeley, who asserted that the external world is merely ideas in the mind. By contrast, Reid claimed that the foundations upon which our sensus communis are built justify our belief that there is an external world.