Comparison of Mohist and Aristotelian logic

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Foreword

1. Historical and scientific background to the ideas of Aristotle and Mozi
(1) Aristotle and the Organon
(2) Mozi and the Mo-jing
(3) State of development of theoretical science

2. Mozi and Aristotle's systems of logic
(1) Aristotle's system of logic
  1. The syllogism
  2. Induction
  3. Reductio ad absurdum
  4. Example

(2) Mozi's system of logic
  1. sanwulun
  2. shuo (inference)

3. Comparison of Mohist and Aristotelian logic
(1) Language and writing method
(2) Methods of reasoning
(3) Recognition of logical form
(4) Comparison of system characteristics

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