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- catalog abstract ""Aristotle's Topics is about dialectic, which can be understood as a debate between two people or as an individual's internal debate. Its purposes range from philosophical training to discovering the first principles of thought. Its arguments concern the four predicables: definition, property, genus, and accident. Aristotle explains how these four fit into his ten categories and in Book 1 begins to outline strategies for debate, such as the definition of ambiguity." "Alexander's commentary on Book 1 concerns the definition of Aristotelian syllogistic argument; its resistance to the rival Stoic theory of inference; and the character of inductive inference and of rhetorical argument. Alexander distinguishes inseparable accidents, such as the whiteness of snow, from defining differentiae, such as its being frozen, and considers how these differences fit into the schemes of categories. He speaks of dialectic as a stochastic discipline in which success is to be judged not by victory but by skill in argument. Alexander also investigates the subject of ambiguity, which had been richly developed since Aristotle by the rival Stoic school."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Commentaria in Topica Aristotelis. 1. English".
- catalog alternative "On Aristotle topics 1.".
- catalog contributor b12189787.
- catalog contributor b12189788.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Aristotle's Topics is about dialectic, which can be understood as a debate between two people or as an individual's internal debate. Its purposes range from philosophical training to discovering the first principles of thought. Its arguments concern the four predicables: definition, property, genus, and accident. Aristotle explains how these four fit into his ten categories and in Book 1 begins to outline strategies for debate, such as the definition of ambiguity." "Alexander's commentary on Book 1 concerns the definition of Aristotelian syllogistic argument; its resistance to the rival Stoic theory of inference; and the character of inductive inference and of rhetorical argument. Alexander distinguishes inseparable accidents, such as the whiteness of snow, from defining differentiae, such as its being frozen, and considers how these differences fit into the schemes of categories. He speaks of dialectic as a stochastic discipline in which success is to be judged not by victory but by skill in argument. Alexander also investigates the subject of ambiguity, which had been richly developed since Aristotle by the rival Stoic school."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xii, 228 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "On Aristotle's "Topics 1".".
- catalog identifier "0801436168 (hardcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "On Aristotle's "Topics 1".".
- catalog isPartOf "Ancient commentators on Aristotle.".
- catalog isPartOf "[Ancient commentators on Aristotle]".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "Glossary and index in English and Greek.".
- catalog language "eng gre grc".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "On Aristotle's "Topics 1".".
- catalog subject "160 21".
- catalog subject "Aristotle. Topics.".
- catalog subject "B442.A5 O64 2001".
- catalog subject "Dialectic Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Dialectic.".
- catalog subject "Logic Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Logic, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Rhetoric Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Rhetoric, Ancient.".
- catalog title "Commentaria in Topica Aristotelis. 1. English".
- catalog title "On Aristotle's "Topics 1" / Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Johannes M. van Ophuijsen.".
- catalog type "Early works. fast".
- catalog type "text".