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This chapter provides a brief outline of what is usually called the assertoric syllogistic. This is the part of Aristotle’s system that deals specifically with syllogisms from non-modal premises. Aristotle discusses these in Prior Analytics A1–7. The assertoric syllogistic provides the foundation for the entire syllogistic system. Aristotle’s methods in the assertoric syllogistic are generally clear, easy to understand, and, as Aristotle scholarship goes, the methods here are relatively uncontroversial.
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Rini, A. (2010). The Non-Modal Syllogistic: An.Pr. A1–7. In: Aristotle's Modal Proofs. The New Synthese Historical Library, vol 68. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0050-5_1
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