DISENTANGLING DEFINING AND DEMONSTRATING: NOTES ON AN. POST. II 3-7

In APo II 3-7 Aristotle discusses a series of difficulties concerning definition, deduction, and demonstration. In this paper I focus on two interrelated but distinct questions: firstly, what are exactly the difficulties emerging from or alluded to in the discussion in II 3-7; secondly, whether and...

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Published inManuscrito Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 243 - 281
Main Author CASTELLI, LAURA M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência 01.12.2019
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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Aristotle
Deduction
Definition
Demonstration
Knowledge
PHILOSOPHY
Definition
Demonstration
Knowledge
Deduction
Aristotle
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Summary:In APo II 3-7 Aristotle discusses a series of difficulties concerning definition, deduction, and demonstration. In this paper I focus on two interrelated but distinct questions: firstly, what are exactly the difficulties emerging from or alluded to in the discussion in II 3-7; secondly, whether and in what sense the discussion in II 3-7 can be considered an aporetic discussion with a specific role to play in the development of the argument in APo II.
ISSN:0100-6045
2317-630X
2317-630X
DOI:10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.lc