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Aristotle's 'Genetic Account' and the Problem of Induction - An Essay on Posterior Analytics B. 19

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The traditional problem of induction, the problem of how one can justify a generalization that extends beyond the set of particular cases on which it is based, is one of the oldest in the history of logic and epistemology. Further, how one should interpret the obscure last chapter, B.19, of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics is a subject of much controversy. Traditionally, that chapter is taken to provide an account of how induction based on sense perception yields the principles of demonstrated knowledge, which must, among other things, be certain. In this essay, Dr. Hussain argues that Aristotle is aware in that chapter of the problem of induction, and thinks its solution rests, in a certain way, on the Aristotelian doctrine of natural kinds.

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Hammad A. Hussain fue miembro de la Fundación en la Universidad de Oklahoma, donde obtuvo su doctorado en filosofía en 2010. Se especializa en la historia de la filosofía, con un interés particular en la filosofía griega antigua, Aristóteles y la historia de la lógica. Actualmente es profesor en la Universidad Estatal de Texas en San Marcos, TX.

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Authors Hammad Hussain
Publisher LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 06.05.2011
 
EAN 9783844327328
ISBN 978-3-8443-2732-8
No. of pages 184
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Antiquity
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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