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The main credited "father of logic" is widely considered to be the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Interested in every area of human knowledge about the world, Aristotle aimed to unify all of them in a coherent system of thought by developing a common methodology that would serve equally well as the procedure for learning about any discipline.(Hurley 5) For Aristotle, then, logic is the instrument (the "organon") by means of which we come to know …

…upon what we already know. Aristotle is not claimed to be the "father of logic" due to the fact that he was the first to discuss logic, rather, it is due to the fact that he was the first to devise systematic criteria for analyzing and evaluating arguments. (Hurley 5) Bibliography - 1.)A Concise Introduction to Logic; Hurley, Patrick J. 2.)http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm 3.)http://www.findlink.dk/aristotle/aristotle.htm