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    It is not the case that Therefore, structural validity alone is insufficient for Aristotelian deduction in its primary sense, which is inseparable from truth conditions.

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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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    • 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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