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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993

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AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction3IThe Motivation for The Theory of Demonstration7IIThe Approach to the Principles21IIIThe Kinds of Principles36IVThe Subject Genus50VThe Subordinate Sciences64VIAxioms or Common Principles68VIIDefinitions, I: The Per Se80VIIIScientific Essences103IXDefinitions, II: Form and Content111XExistence Claims122XIAristotle's Principles and Greek Mathematics133XIIAristotle's Demonstrations and Euclid's Elements144XIIIThe Varieties of Demonstration, I: Universal Subject-Attribute Demonstrations164XIVThe Varieties of Demonstration, II: Application Arguments177XVThe Varieties of Demonstration, III: Demonstrations of Existence188XVIDemonstration of Essence: Another Form of Scientific Proof?198XVIIScientific Explanation209XVIIIOur Knowledge of the Principles235Notes273Bibliography309Index Locorum321General Index335

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 21 March 2017
      ISBN-13 9780691603254
      978-0691603254
      ISBN-10 0691603251

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993

      Table of Contents
      AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction3IThe Motivation for The Theory of Demonstration7IIThe Approach to the Principles21IIIThe Kinds of Principles36IVThe Subject Genus50VThe Subordinate Sciences64VIAxioms or Common Principles68VIIDefinitions, I: The Per Se80VIIIScientific Essences103IXDefinitions, II: Form and Content111XExistence Claims122XIAristotle's Principles and Greek Mathematics133XIIAristotle's Demonstrations and Euclid's Elements144XIIIThe Varieties of Demonstration, I: Universal Subject-Attribute Demonstrations164XIVThe Varieties of Demonstration, II: Application Arguments177XVThe Varieties of Demonstration, III: Demonstrations of Existence188XVIDemonstration of Essence: Another Form of Scientific Proof?198XVIIScientific Explanation209XVIIIOur Knowledge of the Principles235Notes273Bibliography309Index Locorum321General Index335

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