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Book: Aristotle on False Reasoning
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1. Book: Aristotle on False Reasoning
Book: Aristotle on False ReasoningThe book "Aristotle on False Reasoning" by Scott G. Schreiber is a commentary and reference on Aristotle's Sophistic Refutations.

Reference: Aristotle on False Reasoning: Language and the World in the Sophistical Refutations. Scott G. Schreiber. State University of New York Press. 2003. ISBN 0-7914-5660-9.

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2. Initial impressions
In starting through the book, I have found it very useful (as of 2023-03-18). Interestingly, Schreiber takes issue with some of Aristotle's statements. To me, those statements of Aristotle appear to be directly taken from a graduate computer science course in the foundations of programming language theory and/or computation. For now, that is a small quibble since few have studied those modern areas in detail. That is a future topic to be added here at some point in time.

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3. Sophistic refutations
Book: On Sophistic Refutations
Aristotle wrote a book called On Sophistic Refutations in which he detailed the "false reasoning" used by Sophists (from the Greek word for "wisdom") who would use invalid logic to convince others of ideas to make money for themselves. In English, "sophistic" logic or "false reasoning" is "sophistry".
One of the many types of invalid logic detailed by Aristotle was "eristic" reasoning. Paul uses that word often but it is often translated, without the "bad logic" connection, as "strife"

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4. Peirastic
Book: Aristotle on False ReasoningOn page 2, Schreiber elaborates on "peirastic" reasoning as distinguished by Aristotle.
Aristotle's clarification of the word fits the "temptations" of Jesus in the Gospels. The ancient Greek word "πειράζω""examine" and is often translated in the KJV (King James Version) as "tempt". The modern idea of the Greek "temptation" is that of an interview where one examines someone about things they know or believe they know.

Information sign More: Matthew 4:1-11 Examining evil temptations
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