Many attempts to develop artificial intelligence are powered by powerful systems of mathematical logic. They tend to produce results that make logical sense to a computer program — but the result is ...

Imagine that you are Plato, coming to the end of your years, presiding over the now-famous Academy, enjoying a reputation among both your students in particular and Athenians in general. You hear, ...

Using Aristotle's dialectic to define Aristotle's dialectic. Dialectic, unlike logic, is concerned with particular individuals with whom we are engaged with in argument. The argument proceeds by ...

The most stunning fact I discovered in the many obituaries written this week about former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was that he'd studied philosophy as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley.

The aims, scope and method of Aristotle's dialectic. Dialectic is a process of discovery and pedagogy that takes place between two individuals using logical argument, according to Aristotle. To an ...

Aristotle was one of the most influential philosophers of Western history. He was born in 384 BCE in ancient Greece and studied under the great philosopher Plato. Later on, he became a renowned tutor ...