Aristotle''s Induction and the Inference of First Principles

David Botting defends Aristotle as an empiricist against those who see him as a rationalist, focusing on Aristotle's account of how we acquire the first principles of science. The author argues that Aristotle's account is empiricist and that first principles are, perhaps surprisingly, known inferentially and not by intuition.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: The Ways of Deducing
Chapter Two: The Ways of Learning
Chapter Three: the Ways of Knowing
Chapter Four: The Ways of Science
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

David Botting, PhD, is an independent scholar.

Product details

• Authors: David Botting
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2024
• EAN: 9781666950212
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-021-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge