Interpreting Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in Late Antiquity and Beyond (Philosophia Antiqua)

This collection of essays highlights Ancient, Byzantine and Medieval developments in the discussion of scientific method and argument in the comment(arie)s on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics and related methodological passages in the Aristotelian corpus. Despite the importance of these discussions, the larger part of the commentary tradition on the Posterior Analytics still remains uncharted. The contributors to this volume identify and explore three important strands of interpretation, viz. (1) the reception of Aristotle's logic of inquiry and theory of concept formation in Posterior Analytics II 19; (2) the influence of the Posterior Analytics on the evaluation of metaphysics as a science; and (3) the reception of Aristotle's theory of demonstration, definition, and causation in Posterior Analytics book II. The Ancient Commentators On Concept Formation / Richard Sorabji -- Proclus' Criticism Of Aristotle's Theory Of Abstraction And Concept Formation In Analytica Posteriora Ii 19 / Christoph Helmig -- Eustratius' Comments On Posterior Analytics Ii 19 / Katerina Ierodiakonou -- Roger Bacon On Experiment, Induction And Intellect In His Reception Of Analytica Posteriora Ii 19 / Pia A. Antolic-piper -- Alexander Of Aphrodisias On The Science Of Ontology / Maddalena Bonelli -- Les Seconds Analytiques Dans Le Commentaire De Syrianus Sur La Métaphysique D'aristote / Angela Longo -- Alexander And Philoponus On Prior Analytics I 27-30 : Is There Tension Between Aristotle's Scientific Theory And Practice? / Miira Tuominen -- Two Traditions In The Ancient Posterior Analytics Commentaries / Owen Goldin -- Aristotle And Philoponus On Final Causes In Demonstrations In Posterior Analytics Ii 11 / Mariska Leunissen -- Aristotle On Causation And Conditional Necessity : Analytica Posteriora Ii 12 In Context / Inna Kupreeva. Edited By Frans A.j. De Haas, Mariska Leunissen And Marije Martijn. Papers Connected To The Program, From Natural Philosophy To Science: 1200-1700 And Two Organized Workshops. The First Was A Workshop Titled, Interpretations Of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics Held In Leiden, Netherlands, June 1-4, 2004 And The Second Was Titled, Intuitive Knoledge, Induction, And The Role Of Experiment Held In Maynooth, Ireland, June 10-12, 2005. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [235]-254) And Indexes. Contributions Chiefly In English, 1 In French. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 PART I. CONCEPT FORMATION IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 19......Page 26 The Ancient Commentators on Concept Formation......Page 28 Proclus' Criticism of Aristotle's Theory of Abstraction and Concept Formation in Analytica Posteriora II 19......Page 52 Eustratius' Comments on Posterior Analytics II 19......Page 80 Roger Bacon on Experiment, Induction and Intellect in his Reception of Analytica Posteriora II 19......Page 98 PART II. METAPHYSICS AS A SCIENCE......Page 124 Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Science of Ontology......Page 126 Les ‹Seconds Analytiques› dans le commentaire de Syrianus sur la ‹Métaphysique› d'Aristote......Page 148 PART III. DEMONSTRATION, DEFINITION AND CAUSATION......Page 160 Alexander and Philoponus on Prior Analytics I 27-30: Is There Tension between Aristotle's Scientific Theory and Practice?......Page 162 Two Traditions in the Ancient Posterior Analytics Commentaries......Page 180 Artistotle and Philoponus on Final Causes in Demonstrations in Posterior Analytics II 11......Page 208 Aristotle on Causation and Conditional Necessity: Analytica Posteriora II 12 in Context......Page 228 Bibliography......Page 260 Index Nominum......Page 280 Index Locorum......Page 283 This volume collects Late Ancient, Byzantine and Medieval appropriations of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, addressing the logic of inquiry, concept formation, the question whether metaphysics is a science, and the theory of demonstration.