On Sophistical Refutations - Couverture rigide

Aristotle

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1169209270 ISBN 13 : 9781169209275

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

On Sophistical Refutations is a treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. In this book, Aristotle examines the various ways in which arguments can be used to deceive or mislead people, and provides a framework for identifying and refuting these fallacious arguments. He discusses a range of common fallacies, including those that involve equivocation, ambiguity, and false analogies, and provides examples of how these fallacies can be used to create persuasive but ultimately flawed arguments. Throughout the book, Aristotle emphasizes the importance of clear and precise reasoning, and provides practical advice on how to construct sound arguments and avoid fallacious ones. On Sophistical Refutations is considered a foundational work in the field of logic, and has influenced philosophical and scientific thought for centuries.First we must grasp the number of aims entertained by those who argue as competitors and rivals to the death. These are five in number, refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism, and fifthly to reduce the opponent in the discussion to babbling-i.e. to constrain him to repeat himself a number of times: or it is to produce the appearance of each of these things without the reality.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics. Aristotle's views on the physical sciences profoundly shaped medieval scholarship, and their influence extended well into the Renaissance, although they were ultimately replaced by Newtonian physics. In the zoological sciences, some of his observations were confirmed to be accurate only in the 19th century. His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, which was incorporated in the late 19th century into modern formal logic. In metaphysics, Aristotelianism had a profound influence on philosophical and theological thinking in the Islamic and Jewish traditions in the Middle Ages, and it continues to influence Christian theology, especially the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church. His ethics, though always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics. All aspects of Aristotle's philosophy continue to be the object of active academic study today. Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues (Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold"), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A philosophical masterpiece by one of the greatest thinkers of all times. Brimming with sound logic and reason, it is a thought-provoking work. It displays Aristotles in-depth study of human mind and behaviour. Brilliant!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1169209270
• ISBN 13: 9781169209275
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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