Oxford University Press (1988)
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Exploring Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, Irwin here shows how Aristotle defends dialectic against the objection that it cannot justify a metaphysical realist's claims. He focuses particularly on Aristotle's metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and ethics, stressing the connections between doctrines that are often discussed separately.
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Keywords | Methodology History |
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Reprint years | 1990 |
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Call number | B485.I74 1988 |
ISBN(s) | 0198247176 9780198242901 0198242905 |
DOI | 10.2307/631782 |
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