Aristotle and Mathematics: Aporetic Method in Cosmology and Metaphysics - Couverture rigide

Cleary, John J.

 
9789004101593: Aristotle and Mathematics: Aporetic Method in Cosmology and Metaphysics
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004101594 ISBN 13 : 9789004101593
Editeur : Brill, 1995

Synopsis

John Cleary here explores the role which the mathematical sciences play in Aristotle's philosophical thought, especially in his cosmology, metaphysics, and epistemology. He also thematizes the aporetic method by means of which he deals with philosophical questions about the foundations of mathematics. The first two chapters consider Plato's mathematical cosmology in the light of Aristotle's critical distinction between physics and mathematics. Subsequent chapters examine three basic aporiae about mathematical objects which Aristotle himself develops in his science of first philosophy. What emerges from this dialectical inquiry is a different conception of substance and of order in the universe, which gives priority to physics over mathematics as the cosmological science. Within this different world-view, we can better understand what we now call Aristotle's philosophy of mathematics.

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À propos de l?auteur

John J. Cleary, Ph.D. (1982) in Philosophy, Boston University, is lecturer at Maynooth College and associate professor at Boston College. He has published widely on ancient philosophy.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004101594
ISBN 13 
9789004101593
Reliure
Cuir/luxe
Nombre de pages
500
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