Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
From Puzzles to Principles?: Essays on Aristotle´s Dialectic
May Sim (Ed.)
€ 54.99
€ 54.44
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for From Puzzles to Principles?: Essays on Aristotle´s Dialectic
Paperback. A discussion of whether Aristotle was a dialectic thinker. May Sim gathers together experts to offer a variety of interpretative possibilities. The contributors include Allan Back, J.D.G. Evans, Michael Ferejohn, Eugene Garver, Lenn E. Goodman and Martha Husain. Editor(s): Sim, May. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Scholars of classical philosophy have long disputed whether Aristotle was a dialectical thinker. Most agree that Aristotle contrasts dialectical reasoning with demonstrative reasoning, where the former reasons from generally accepted opinions and the latter reasons from the true and primary. Starting with a grasp on truth, demonstration never relinquishes it. Starting with opinion, how could dialectical reasoning ever reach truth, much less the truth about first principles? Is dialectic then an exercise that reiterates the prejudices of one's times and at best allows one to persuade others by appealing to these prejudices, or is it the royal road to first ... Read more
Scholars of classical philosophy have long disputed whether Aristotle was a dialectical thinker. Most agree that Aristotle contrasts dialectical reasoning with demonstrative reasoning, where the former reasons from generally accepted opinions and the latter reasons from the true and primary. Starting with a grasp on truth, demonstration never relinquishes it. Starting with opinion, how could dialectical reasoning ever reach truth, much less the truth about first principles? Is dialectic then an exercise that reiterates the prejudices of one's times and at best allows one to persuade others by appealing to these prejudices, or is it the royal road to first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739100295
SKU
V9780739100295
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About May Sim (Ed.)
May Sim is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University. She is the editor of The Crossroads of Norm and Nature: Essays on Aristotle's Ethics and Metaphysics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995).
Reviews for From Puzzles to Principles?: Essays on Aristotle´s Dialectic