Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. This book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.
Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. This book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the...
Aristotle is perhaps the most important figure in philosophy and his Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. Every student of philosophy will come across the Metapshyics at some point in their course. This introductory book helps to explain the often difficult ideas that arise in the text. It looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.
Aristotle is perhaps the most important figure in philosophy and his Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. Every student of philoso...
This book proposes and defends a radically new account of Plato's method of argument and enquiry in his early dialogues. Vasilis Politis challenges the traditional account according to which these dialogues are basically about the demand for definitions, and questions the equally traditional view that what lies behind Plato's method of argument is a peculiar theory of knowledge. He argues that these dialogues are enquiries set in motion by dilemmas and aporiai, incorporating both a sceptical and an anti-sceptical dimension, and he contends that Plato introduces the demand for definitions, and...
This book proposes and defends a radically new account of Plato's method of argument and enquiry in his early dialogues. Vasilis Politis challenges th...
