Aristotle and mathematics : aporetic method in cosmology and metaphysics /

Aristotle and mathematics : aporetic method in cosmology and metaphysics /

John Cleary here explores the role which the mathematical sciences play in Aristotle's philosophical thought, especially in his cosmology, metaphysics, and epistemology. He also thematizes the aporetic method by means of which he deals with philosophical questions about the foundations of mathe...

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Main Author: Cleary, John J.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Series: Philosophia Antiqua 67.
Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752.

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Aristotle.
Mathematics > Philosophy.

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Call Number: QA8.4 .C58 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • THE ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • ARISTOTLE'S CRITICISM OF PLATO'S MATHEMATICAL COSMOLOGY
  • PROBLEMS ABOUT MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS
  • ARISTOTLE'S DIALECTICAL METHOD
  • THE ONTOLOGICAL STATUS OF MATHEMATICAL OBJECTS
  • THE PERFECTION OF THE COSMOS
  • ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS
  • GENERAL CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA by J. MANSFELD , D.T. RUNIA and J.C.M. VAN WINDEN.