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34Lucia A. Scatozza Höricht: Il volto dei filosofi antichi. (Archaia: Collana di ricerche archeologiche: Storia degli studi, 2.) Pp. 273; 108 illustrations. Naples: Bibliopolis, 1986. Paper, L. 50,000 (review)The Classical Review 38 (2): 449-449. 1988.
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73But if the syllogistic is the most brilliant part of Aristotle'sIn Jonathan Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, Cambridge University Press. pp. 27. 1995.
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121Ways into the Logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias (review)Ancient Philosophy 18 (1): 206-210. 1998.This study of three central themes in the logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias, the greatest of the ancient Aristotelian commentators, provides insight not only into Aristotle's logical writings but also into the tradition of scholarship which they spawned.
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106The Syllogism in Posterior Analytics IArchiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 64 (2): 113-135. 1982.
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174What Is Aristotelian Ecthesis?History and Philosophy of Logic 3 (2): 113-127. 1982.I consider the proper interpretation of the process of ecthesis which Aristotle uses several times in the Prior analytics for completing a syllogistic mood, i.e., showing how to produce a deduction of a conclusion of a certain form from premisses of certain forms. I consider two interpretations of the process which have been advocated by recent scholars and show that one seems better suited to most passages while the other best fits a single remaining passage. I also argue that ecthesis for Aris…Read more
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670Modern interpreters have often regarded Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics as a mystery, or even a bit of an embarrassment. In his treatises on natural science and ethics, Aristotle is constantly concerned to review the opinions of his predecessors and of people in general; where appropriate, he also takes note of experiential observations, some of them highly specialized. However, the traditional view of the Posterior Analytics is that it advances an almost Cartesian picture of sciences as deducti…Read more
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125Topics 5–8 (J.) Brunschwig (ed., trans.) Aristote: Topiques. Livres V–VIII. (Collection des Universités de France publiée sous le patronage de l'Association Guillaume Budé.) Pp. lxiii + 333. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2007. Paper, €71. ISBN: 978-2-251-00537- (review)The Classical Review 60 (1): 48-. 2010.
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20Aristotle's Theory of DemonstrationIn Georgios Anagnostopoulos (ed.), A Companion to Aristotle, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Necessity and Predication “Through Itself” Demonstrations, Universals, and the Objects of Scientific Knowledge The Route to the Principles Axioms, Common Principles, and Self‐evidence Demonstration and Analysis Bibliography.
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