Aristotleβs Posterior Analytics elaborates for the first time in the history of Western philosophy the notions of science and the requirements for the distinctive kind of knowledge scientists possess. His model is mathematics and his treatment of science amounts to a philosophical discussion, from t
Philoponus: on Aristotle Posterior analytics 1.1-8
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- Bloomsbury Academic
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- 2014
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- English
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- 192
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- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
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β¦ Table of Contents
ConventionsIntroductionTextual InformationTranslationNotesAppendix: Theorems from Euclid's ElementsBibliographyEnglish-Greek GlossaryGreek-English IndexIndex of PassagesIndex of NamesSubject Index
β¦ Subjects
Knowledge, Theory of;Early works;Aristotle. -- Posteriora analytica;Knowledge, Theory of -- Early works to 1800
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