Aristotle's First Principles

by: Irwin, T.H.

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Aristotle's first principles
Author:Terence Irwin

Summary:"Exploring Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, Irwin here shows how Aristotle defends dialectic against the objection that it cannot justify a metaphysical realist's claims. He focuses particularly on Aristotle's metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and ethics, stressing the connections between doctrines that are often discussed separately.

Contents:
Part I. The emergence of the problem
1. The problem of first principles
2. Inquiry and dialectic
3. Constructive dialectic
4. Puzzles about substance
5. The formal cause
6. Conditions for science
7. Puzzles about science
Part II. Solutions to the problem
8. The universal science
9. The science of being
10. Substance and essence
11. Essence and form
12. Form and substance
Part III. Applications of the solution
13. The soul as substance
14. Soul and mind
15. Action
16. The good of rational agents
17. The virtues of rational agents
18. The good of others
19. The state
20. Justice
21. The consequences of virtue and vice
22. Reconsiderations

xviii, 702 pages ; 24 cm

"Clarendon paperbacks."

Aristotle's First Principles

by: Irwin, T.H.

• ISBN-13: 9780198242901 / 978-0-19-824290-1
• ISBN-03: 0198242905 / 0-19-824290-5
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1990

Price: 65,00 EURO

1 copy in stock