organon

See also: Organon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of organ, organum, and orgue.

Noun

organon (plural organons)

1. A set of principles that are used in science or philosophy.

   Synonym: organum

   • 1999, Kant (Guyer and Wood trans.), Critique of Pure Reason, Cambridge University Press.

     Hence pure reason is that which contains the principles for cognizing something absolutely a priori. An organon of pure reason would be a sum total of those principles.

2. The name given by Aristotle's followers to his six works on logic.
   • 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter V, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):

     He thought that it might not be so bad with Merlyn, who might be able to make even the old Organon interesting, particularly if he would do some magic.

Anagrams

• Rangoon

Esperanto

Noun

organon

1. accusative singular of organo