Introducing Aristotle - Softcover

Woodfin, Rupert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840467592 ISBN 13: 9781840467598

Publisher: Icon,Totem Books, 2006

Synopsis

Aristotle was named the 'master of those who know.' He is a foundational thinker in every field of inquiry. He established logic as a systematic discipline, conceived the earliest rules of science, developed a rational psychology, a political science and an outline of sociology, and gave us a virtue theory of ethics that is still a model today. His contributions to metaphysics continue to permeate modern philosophy. He supplied the first theory of aesthetics, which still provides the basis of debates today. Aristotle's authority extended beyond his time to influence Islamic society and medieval scholasticism. For fifteen hundred years he remained the paradigm of knowledge itself, until scientific empiricism in the 17th century is said to have discredited his methods. Is this true? How 'scientific' is Aristotle?

About this title

About the Author:

Rupert Woodfin was a lecturer in Philosophy. He died in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Icon,Totem Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1840467592
• ISBN 13: 9781840467598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176