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Organon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Organon has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
Organon, n. [NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ.].
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. Sir. W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Organon, n. (also organum) an instrument of thought, esp. a means of reasoning or a system of logic.
Etymology
Gk organon & L organum (as ORGAN): Organon was the title of Aristotle's logical writings, and Novum (new) Organum that of Bacon's
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