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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Organon \Or"ga*non\, Organum \Or"ga*num\, n. [NL. organon, L.
organum. See {Organ}.]
An organ or instrument; hence a method by which
philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted;
-- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord
Bacon, as the title (``Novum Organon'') of part of his
treatise on philosophical method. --Sir. W. Hamilton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
organon
n : a system of principles for philosophic or scientific
investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
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