Introducing Aristotle
Author | : Rupert Woodfin |
Publisher | : Icon Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 2015-06-18 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781848319868 |
ISBN-10 | : 184831986X |
Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Download or read book Introducing Aristotle written by Rupert Woodfin and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introducing Aristotle" guides the reader through an explosion of theories, from the establishment of systematic logic to the earliest rules of science. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his own lifetime to influence fundamentally Islamic philosophy and medieval scholasticism. For fifteen centuries, he remained the paradigm of knowledge itself. But can Aristotelian realism still be used to underpin our conception of the world today?