| An Aristotelian Account of Induction: Creating Something from Nothing Volume 49 Contributor(s): Groarke, Louis (Author), Groarke, Louis F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773535969 ISBN-13: 9780773535961 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 161 |
| Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 467 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In An Aristotelian Account of Induction Groarke discusses the intellectual process through which we access the "first principles" of human thought - the most basic concepts, the laws of logic, the universal claims of science and metaphysics, and the deepest moral truths. Following Aristotle and others, Groarke situates the first stirrings of human understanding in a creative capacity for discernment that precedes knowledge, even logic. Relying on a new historical study of philosophical theories of inductive reasoning from Aristotle to the twenty-first century, Groarke explains how Aristotle offers a viable solution to the so-called problem of induction, while offering new contributions to contemporary accounts of reasoning and argument and challenging the conventional wisdom about induction. In recovering and developing philosophical ideas that have been largely overlooked or misrepresented by more recent sources, An Aristotelian Account of Induction makes a major contribution to the historical study of philosophy and to critical debate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Groarke, Louis: - Louis Grace is associate professor of philosophy, St. Francis Xavier University, and the author of The Good Rebel: Understanding Morality and Freedom and the co-editor (with Jonathan Lavery) of Literary Form, Philosophical Content: Historical Studies of P |