Signs and demonstration in Aristotle

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 26 (3):410-428 (2018)
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ABSTRACTIn this paper, I explore the contrast drawn by Aristotle in two parallel passages of the Posterior Analytics between ‘signs’ and ‘demonstration’. I argue that while at APo. I.6 Aristotle contrasts demonstration proper with a deductively valid sign-syllogism, at APo. II.17 the contrast is rather between a demonstration proper and a deductively invalid sign-syllogism.

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10.1080/09608788.2017.1420626

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Francesco Bellucci
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