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1 online resource (xviii, 702 pages) |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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Contents -- Abbreviations -- I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PROBLEM -- 1. The Problem of First Principles -- 1. First principles -- 2. Realism -- 3. Dialectic and philosophy -- 4. Puzzles about dialectic -- 5. Aristotle's development -- 6. Aristotle's conception of philosophy -- 7. The emergence of the problem -- 8. Solutions to the problem -- 9. Applications of the solution -- 2. Inquiry and Dialectic -- 10. Aims of inquiry -- 11. The study of method -- 12. Ways to first principles -- 13. Empirical starting-points -- 14. The accumulation of data |
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15. Induction16. The evaluation of theories -- 17. Conclusions on Aristotle's empirical method -- 18. The functions of dialectic -- 19. The starting-point of dialectic -- 20. Dialectical puzzles -- 21. Dialectical puzzles and the aims of dialectic -- 22. The construction of a theory -- 23. The evaluation of dialectical theories -- 24. The special role of dialectic -- 25. Questions about dialectic -- 3. Constructive Dialectic -- 26. Positive functions for dialectic -- 27. The nature of the categories -- 28. Substance and the categories |
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29. Inherence and strong predication30. Substance and quality -- 31. Substance and change -- 32. Substance and essential properties -- 33. The anomaly of differentiae -- 34. The dialectical search for first principles -- 35. The role of dialectic -- 36. The defence of first principles -- 37. General features of change -- 4. Puzzles about Substance -- 38. Substances and subjects -- 39. Basic subjects -- 40. Matter -- 41. Universals -- 42. The dependent status of universals -- 43. The independence of first substances -- 44. Weaknesses of dialectic |
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45. Principles of change46. Puzzles about unqualified becoming -- 47. Matter as substance -- 48. Form as substance -- 49. Resulting difficulties -- 5. The Formal Cause -- 50. Nature and cause -- 51. The four causes -- 52. Causes and first principles -- 53. Form and matter as causes -- 54. Further difficulties about form -- 55. Disputes about teleology -- 56. The difference between final causation and coincidence -- 57. The arguments for teleology -- 58. The basis of the argument for teleology -- 59. Teleology and necessity -- 60. Teleology and substance |
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61. Further developments6. Conditions for Science -- 62. Science and justification -- 63. Science and universals -- 64. Explanatory properties and basic subjects -- 65. Explanatory properties and the arguments about substance -- 66. Natural priority in demonstration -- 67. Natural priority compared with epistemic priority -- 68. The case for circular demonstration -- 69. The rejection of coherence as a source of justification -- 70. The rejection of an infinite regress -- 71. Foundationalism -- 72. The status of first principles -- 7. Puzzles about Science |
| Summary |
"Exploring Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, Irwin here shows how Aristotle defends dialectic against the objection that it cannot justify a metaphysical realist's claims. He focuses particularly on Aristotle's metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and ethics, stressing the connections between doctrines that are often discussed separately"--Publisher description |
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Philosophy |
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Greece |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 642-659) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Aristotle
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| SUBJECT |
Aristotle fast |
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Methodology -- History
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Methodology
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Dialectiek.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
88012507 |
| ISBN |
9780191519918 |
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019151991X |
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9780191597770 |
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0191597775 |
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9786612052002 |
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6612052007 |
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1282052004 |
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9781282052000 |
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