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Definition of Organon
1. Noun. A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge.
Definition of Organon
1. n. An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method.
Definition of Organon
1. Proper noun. the standard collection of the works of Aristotelian logic ¹
2. Noun. A set of principles that are used in science or philosophy. ¹
3. Noun. The name given by Aristotle's followers to his six works on logic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Organon
1. a system of rules for scientific investigation [n -GANA or -GANONS]
Medical Definition of Organon
1. Synonym: organ. Origin: G. Organ (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Organon
Literary usage of Organon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Problem of Logic by William Ralph Boyce Gibson, Augusta Klein (1908)
"The Novum Organum of Bacon was not intended to supersede the organon of Aristotle.
... Ie (The superseding of Aristotle's organon by Bacon's Novum ..."
2. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1876)
"Few readers of the organon even knew of the existence of such an ending to the
organon. Every intelligent physician should be able from personal observation ..."
3. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1879)
"The rest of the work is taken up with the investigation of problems by means of
this algebraic organon, especially such problems as are suggested by the ..."
4. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"... the Categories) which is set forth and elucidated in this first treatise of
the organon, where Aristotle appears to blend Logic and Ontology into one. ..."
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