Knowledge and demonstration : Aristotle's Posterior analytics /

This book examines a fundamental problem in Aristotles Posterior Analytics: what is the role of syllogistic logic in the theory of demonstrative knowledge? The answer to this question is sought in Aristotles metaphysical theory and his conception of substance. This interpretation challenges the trad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harari, Orna
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2010]
Series:	New synthese historical library ; volume 56.
Subjects:	Aristotle. > Posterior analytics. Aristoteles. Analytica posteriora. Posterior analytics (Aristotle) Logic > Early works to 1800. Knowledge, Theory of > Early works to 1800. Science > Methodology > Early works to 1800. Analytica posteriora (Aristoteles) Kennistheorie. Syllogismen. Knowledge, Theory of. Logic. Science > Methodology. Electronic books. Early works.
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Table of Contents:

Intellect as a first principle
The immediate premiss
The logic of demonstration
Syllogism and the object of knowledge
Knowledge and demonstration.