DISENTANGLING DEFINING AND DEMONSTRATING: NOTES ON AN. POST. II 3-7

Castelli, Laura M. (2019): DISENTANGLING DEFINING AND DEMONSTRATING: NOTES ON AN. POST. II 3-7. In: Manuscrito, Vol. 42, No. 4: pp. 243-281

Abstract

In AP(0) II 3-7 Aristotle discusses a series of difficulties concerning definition, deduction, and demonstration. In this paper I focus on two interrelated but distinct questions: firstly, what are exactly the difficulties emerging from or alluded to in the discussion in II 3-7;secondly, whether and in what sense the discussion in II 3-7 can be considered an aporetic discussion with a specific role to play in the development of the argument in AP(0) II.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy
• ISSN: 0100-6045
• Language: English