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Philoponus : on Aristotle posterior analytics 1.19-34 /
Aristotle described the scientific explanation of universal or general facts as deducing them through scientific demonstrations, that is, through syllogisms that met requirements of logical validity and explanatoriness which he first formulated. In Chapters 19-23, he adds arguments for the further l...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2012.
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| Colección: | Ancient commentators on Aristotle.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Aristotle described the scientific explanation of universal or general facts as deducing them through scientific demonstrations, that is, through syllogisms that met requirements of logical validity and explanatoriness which he first formulated. In Chapters 19-23, he adds arguments for the further logical restrictions that scientific demonstrations can neither be indefinitely long nor infinitely extendible through the interposition of new middle terms. Chapters 24-26 argue for the superiority of universal over particular demonstration, of affirmative over negative demonstration, and of direct. |
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| Notas: | "Paperback edition first published 2014"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781472501752 1472501756 1780930909 9781780930909 1472557999 9781472557995 |