Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science. - EBREY, D., (ed.),
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'How are Aristotle?s scientific treatises related to his thoughts on metaphysics and the methodology of the sciences? Generations of scholars have taken these to be largely independent. The Posterior Analytics formalizes scientific reasoning as a series of syllogisms with premises derived from definitions; the biological writings contain few definitions and are free of explicit syllogisms. Further, Aristotle rarely works through how any of his more abstruse metaphysical speculations are employed in biological and other scientific works. In recent decades, however, it has become clearer how Aristotle?s thought as a theoretical philosopher is integrated with his scientific research. There is no clean separation between Aristotle?s empirical research and more general investigations into knowledge and nature, which fall more squarely into what we recognize as philosophy. The two are implicated in each other and are to some extent inseparable. As its title indicates, the present volume contains new scholarship alo...
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2017Uitgever: Cambridge University Press270 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107681049ISBN-13: 9781107681040Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (...), 2017. 1st paperback ed. VIII,261p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: EBREY, D., (ed.),] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2017] [Titel: Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science.]
