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    Challenges→A deduction is a valid or acceptable argument whose structure guarantees its validity irrespective of the truth or falsity of its premises

    Therefore, structural validity alone is insufficient for Aristotelian deduction in its primary sense, which is inseparable from truth conditions.

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    • 1.Aristotle defines syllogistic demonstration as requiring premises known to be true, not merely logically structured.
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    • 2.A formally valid argument with false premises produces no epistemic knowledge, which Aristotle considers essential to deduction.
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    • 3.Aristotelian science aims at explaining why things are, requiring truth conditions beyond mere structural coherence.
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    • 1.Logical validity is a property independent of truth; confusing them conflates metaphysics with formal analysis.
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    • 2.Even Aristotle distinguishes between the logical form of arguments and their material soundness in separate treatments.
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    • 3.Deduction's primary sense concerns inference structure; truth conditions belong to epistemology, not logic proper.
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