Aristotle and Mathematics: Aporetic Method in Cosmology and Metaphysics
Author:   John J. Cleary
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   67
ISBN:  

9789004101593


Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 May 1995
Format:   Hardback
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This text explores the role which the mathematical sciences played in Aristotle's philosophical thought, in particular metaphysics and epistemology. It also thematizes the aporetic method by means of which Aristotle 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.

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Author:   John J. Cleary
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   67
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.184kg
ISBN:  

9789004101593


ISBN 10:   9004101594
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 May 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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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