A Conditional Criterion for Identity, Leading to a Fourth Law of Logic
Abstract
By applying temporal accounting to each perceptual operation, the author shows that Aristotle's three laws are self-contradictory and incomplete, as written (i.e., they are topological, not chronotopological). A simple derivation of a fourth law is shown and an applications rule given which itself may be regarded as a fifth law of logic. The resulting four-law logic is chronotopological, and the applications rule states that either Aristotle's three laws apply explicitly and the fourth law is implicit, or the fourth law applies explicitly and Aristotle's three laws are implicit. The four-law chronotopological logic is theoretically capable of resolving every present three-law paradox.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA071032
Entities
People
- Thomas E. Bearden
Organizations
- Computer Sciences Corporation