Michael T Ferejohn

Formal Causes

Definition, Explanation, and Primacy in Socratic and Aristotelian Thought

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael T. Ferejohn presents a new analysis of Aristotle's theory of explanation and scientific knowledge, in the context of its Socratic roots. Ferejohn shows how Aristotle resolves the tension between his commitment to the formal-case model of explanation and his recognition of the role of efficient causes in explaining natural phenomena.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 143mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780199695300
• ISBN-10: 019969530X
• Artikelnr.: 40185708

Autorenporträt

Michael Ferejohn is Professor of Philosophy and Classical Studies at Duke University. He has held visiting positions at the University of Pittsburgh and Tufts University, and a Mellon Faculty Fellowship at Havard University. He is the author of The Origins of Aristotelian Science (Yale University Press, 1991) as well as numerous journal articles on Plato and Aristotle.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: The Origins of Epistemology and the Socratic Search for
Definitions
* 2: Definition-Based Explanations in the Euthyphro
* 3: Knowledge, Explanation, and Foundational Premises in Aristotle's
Posterior Analytics
* 4: Aristotelian Definition-Based Explanatory Accounts: The Formal
Aitia
* 5: Non-Canonical Forms of Aristotelian Demonstration
* 6: Explanation, Definition, and Unity in Aristotle's Later Works
* Bibliography
* Index