Title: Aristotle on the goals and exactness of ethics /
Authors: Anagnostopoulos, Georgios.
Publisher: University of California Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Aristotle Ethics.; Exact (Philosophy); Ethics, Ancient.; Ethics
Contents: Aristotle's Intentions. Outline, Lack of Detail, and the Goals of Ethics. The Possibility of Attaining Exact Accounts. Epistemological Consequences of Exact/Inexact Accounts. Aristotle's Assumptions -- 6. Being for the Most Part: Its Meaning, Scope, and Nature. The Evidence and Its Meaning. The Scope of Fluctuation or Being for the Most Part. The Nature of Being for the Most Part. Being for the Most Part and Its Proper Contrast -- 7. Demonstration and What Is for the Most Part. The Core Meaning of Demonstration. The Limits of the Spectrum of Demonstration. Soft, Weak, or Inexact Demonstrations. Validity and Syllogisms About What Is for the Most Part. Making Aristotle's Remarks Consistent. Eliminating Formal Inexactness -- 8. Variation, Indefiniteness, and Exactness. The Evidence and Its Meaning. Aristotle's Target. Consequences of Indefiniteness or Variation. Eliminating Indefiniteness or Variation -- 9. Exactness and Pragmatics. The Evidence and Its Meaning. Questions, Methods, and Exactness.