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- catalog abstract "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 McKirahan's aim is to interpret it sympathetically, following the lead of the text, rather than imposing contemporary frameworks on it. In addition to treating the theory as a whole, the author uses textual and philological as well as philosophical material to interpret many important but difficult individual passages. A number of issues left obscure by the Aristotelian material are settled by reference to Euclid's geometrical practice in the Elements. To justify this use of Euclid, McKirahan makes a comparative analysis of fundamental features of Euclidian geometry with the corresponding elements of Aristotle's theory. Emerging from that discussion is a more precise and more complex picture of the relation between Aristotle's theory and Greek mathematics - a picture of mutual, rather than one-way dependence.".
- catalog contributor b3549590.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "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 McKirahan's aim is to interpret it sympathetically, following the lead of the text, rather than imposing contemporary frameworks on it. In addition to treating the theory as a whole, the author uses textual and philological as well as philosophical material to interpret many important but difficult individual passages. A number of issues left obscure by the Aristotelian material are settled by reference to Euclid's geometrical practice in the Elements. To justify this use of Euclid, McKirahan makes a comparative analysis of fundamental features of Euclidian geometry with the corresponding elements of Aristotle's theory. Emerging from that discussion is a more precise and more complex picture of the relation between Aristotle's theory and Greek mathematics - a picture of mutual, rather than one-way dependence.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 340 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Principles and proofs.".
- catalog identifier "0691073635 (acid-free paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Principles and proofs.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog relation "Principles and proofs.".
- catalog subject "160 20".
- catalog subject "Aristotle Contributions in concept of demonstrative science.".
- catalog subject "Aristotle. Posterior analytics.".
- catalog subject "B441 .M525 1992".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Logic.".
- catalog subject "Metaphysics.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog title "Principles and proofs : Aristotle's theory of demonstrative science / Richard D. McKirahan, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".