AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22

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Autor(a) principal: ZUPPOLINI,BRENO
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Manuscrito (Online)
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Resumo: Abstract This article offers a reconstruction of an argument against infinite regress formulated by Aristotle in Posterior Analytics I 22. I argue against the traditional interpretation of the chapter, according to which singular terms and summa genera, in virtue of having restrict logical roles, provide limits for predicative chains, preventing them from proceeding ad infinitum. As I intend to show, this traditional reading is at odds with some important aspects of Aristotle’s theory of demonstration. More importantly, it fails to explain how his proof is connected to a defence of the existence of ultimate explanations, a connection that must be the case if I 19-22 is advancing a foundationalist way-out to a sceptical challenge raised in I 3.
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title AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
spellingShingle AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
ZUPPOLINI,BRENO
Aristotle
Predication
Infinite Regress
Essence
title_short AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
title_full AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
title_fullStr AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
title_full_unstemmed AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
title_sort AVOIDING INFINITE REGRESS: POSTERIOR ANALYTICS I 22
author ZUPPOLINI,BRENO
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aristotle
Predication
Infinite Regress
Essence
topic Aristotle
Predication
Infinite Regress
Essence
description Abstract This article offers a reconstruction of an argument against infinite regress formulated by Aristotle in Posterior Analytics I 22. I argue against the traditional interpretation of the chapter, according to which singular terms and summa genera, in virtue of having restrict logical roles, provide limits for predicative chains, preventing them from proceeding ad infinitum. As I intend to show, this traditional reading is at odds with some important aspects of Aristotle’s theory of demonstration. More importantly, it fails to explain how his proof is connected to a defence of the existence of ultimate explanations, a connection that must be the case if I 19-22 is advancing a foundationalist way-out to a sceptical challenge raised in I 3.
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