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In [[logic]] and [[Formal semantics (natural language)|formal semantics]], '''term logic''', also known as '''traditional logic''', '''syllogistic logic''' or '''Aristotelian logic''', is a loose name for an approach to [[formal logic]] that began with [[Aristotle]] and was developed further in [[ancient history]] mostly by his followers, the [[Peripatetics]]. It was revived after the third century&nbsp;CE by [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]]'s [[Isagoge]]. 

Term logic revived in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] times, first in [[Islamic logic]] by [[Alpharabius]] in the tenth century, and later in Christian Europe in the twelfth century with the advent of [[new logic]], remaining dominant until the advent of [[predicate logic]] in the late nineteenth century. 

However, even if eclipsed by newer logical systems, term logic still plays a significant role in the study of logic. Rather than radically breaking with term logic, modern logics typically expand it.