Knowledge and Demonstration
Subtitle: Aristotle's Posterior Analytics (The New Synthese Historical Library)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781402027871
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Logic; Philosophy; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
First sentence: The Posterior Analytics opens with the assertion that all teaching and learning stem from pre-existing acquaintance (prouparchouses gnoseos) (71a1-2), which serves, according to Aristotle, as the first principle (arche) of demonstration and knowledge.