Principles and Proofs : : Aristotle's Theory of Demonstrative Science /

Principles and Proofs : : Aristotle's Theory of Demonstrative Science / / Richard D. McKirahan.

By a thorough study of the Posterior Analytics and related Aristotelian texts, Richard McKirahan reconstructs Aristotle's theory of episteme--science. The Posterior Analytics contains the first extensive treatment of the nature and structure of science in the history of philosophy, and McKiraha...

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McKirahan, Richard D.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©1992
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5188
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Physical Description:1 online resource (354 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • I. The Motivation for the Theory of Demonstration
  • II. The Approach to the Principles
  • III. The Kinds of Principles
  • IV. The Subject Genus
  • V. The Subordinate Sciences
  • VI. Axioms or Common Principles
  • VII. Definitions, I: The Per Se
  • VIII. Scientific Essences
  • IX. Definitions, II: Form and Content
  • X. Existence Claims
  • XI. Aristotle’s Principles and Greek Mathematics
  • XII. Aristotle’s Demonstrations and Euclid’s Elements
  • XIII. The Varieties of Demonstration, I: Universal Subject-Attribute Demonstrations
  • XIV. The Varieties of Demonstration, II: Application Arguments
  • XV. The Varieties of Demonstration, III: Demonstrations of Existence
  • XVI. Demonstration of Essence: Another Form of Scientific Proof?
  • XVII. Scientific Explanation
  • XVIII. Our Knowledge of the Principles
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index

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