LEADER 05153nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910454677703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-159777-5 010 $a9786612052002 010 $a0-19-151991-X 010 $a1-282-05200-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756393 035 $a(EBL)3053413 035 $a(OCoLC)191826080 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085422 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123626 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085422 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008225 035 $a(PQKB)10453355 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105551 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11988122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105551 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101841 035 $a(PQKB)10966210 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075213 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053413 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3053413 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10289650 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205200 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756393 100 $a19880411d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAristotle's first principles$b[electronic resource] /$fTerence Irwin 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1988 215 $a1 online resource (721 p.) 300 $aIncludes indexes. 311 $a0-19-824290-5 311 $a0-19-824717-6 320 $aBibliography: p. [642]-659. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PROBLEM""; ""1. The Problem of First Principles""; ""1. First principles""; ""2. Realism""; ""3. Dialectic and philosophy""; ""4. Puzzles about dialectic""; ""5. Aristotle's development""; ""6. Aristotle's conception of philosophy""; ""7. The emergence of the problem""; ""8. Solutions to the problem""; ""9. Applications of the solution""; ""2. Inquiry and Dialectic""; ""10. Aims of inquiry""; ""11. The study of method""; ""12. Ways to first principles""; ""13. Empirical starting-points""; ""14. The accumulation of data"" 327 $a""15. Induction""""16. The evaluation of theories""; ""17. Conclusions on Aristotle's empirical method""; ""18. The functions of dialectic""; ""19. The starting-point of dialectic""; ""20. Dialectical puzzles""; ""21. Dialectical puzzles and the aims of dialectic""; ""22. The construction of a theory""; ""23. The evaluation of dialectical theories""; ""24. The special role of dialectic""; ""25. Questions about dialectic""; ""3. Constructive Dialectic""; ""26. Positive functions for dialectic""; ""27. The nature of the categories""; ""28. Substance and the categories"" 327 $a""29. Inherence and strong predication""""30. Substance and quality""; ""31. Substance and change""; ""32. Substance and essential properties""; ""33. The anomaly of differentiae""; ""34. The dialectical search for first principles""; ""35. The role of dialectic""; ""36. The defence of first principles""; ""37. General features of change""; ""4. Puzzles about Substance""; ""38. Substances and subjects""; ""39. Basic subjects""; ""40. Matter""; ""41. Universals""; ""42. The dependent status of universals""; ""43. The independence of first substances""; ""44. Weaknesses of dialectic"" 327 $a""45. Principles of change""""46. Puzzles about unqualified becoming""; ""47. Matter as substance""; ""48. Form as substance""; ""49. Resulting difficulties""; ""5. The Formal Cause""; ""50. Nature and cause""; ""51. The four causes""; ""52. Causes and first principles""; ""53. Form and matter as causes""; ""54. Further difficulties about form""; ""55. Disputes about teleology""; ""56. The difference between final causation and coincidence""; ""57. The arguments for teleology""; ""58. The basis of the argument for teleology""; ""59. Teleology and necessity""; ""60. Teleology and substance"" 327 $a""61. Further developments""""6. Conditions for Science""; ""62. Science and justification""; ""63. Science and universals""; ""64. Explanatory properties and basic subjects""; ""65. Explanatory properties and the arguments about substance""; ""66. Natural priority in demonstration""; ""67. Natural priority compared with epistemic priority""; ""68. The case for circular demonstration""; ""69. The rejection of coherence as a source of justification""; ""70. The rejection of an infinite regress""; ""71. Foundationalism""; ""72. The status of first principles""; ""7. Puzzles about Science"" 327 $a""73. Intuition"" 330 8 $aThis book emphasises the systemic character of Aristotle's philosophy by examining questions on metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy and mind and ethics. His reliance on dialectic as the method of philosophy appears to conflict with the metaphysical realist view of his conclusions. 606 $aMethodology$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMethodology$xHistory. 676 $a185 700 $aIrwin$b Terence$0170506 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454677703321 996 $aAristotle's first principles$9863353 997 $aUNINA