Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Plotinus, Aristotle and John Greco

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration
1674 All demonstration is concerned with existence, axioms and properties [Aristotle]
1679 Universal demonstrations are about thought; particular demonstrations lead to perceptions [Aristotle]
1680 Demonstration is better with fewer presuppositions, and it is quicker if these are familiar [Aristotle]
12147 The principles of demonstrations are definitions [Aristotle]
12383 There must be definitions before demonstration is possible [Aristotle]
12309 There cannot be a science of accidentals, but only of general truths [Aristotle]
11386 Demonstrations about particulars must be about everything of that type [Aristotle]
24048 Demonstrations move from starting-points to deduced conclusions [Aristotle]
16647 Demonstration starts from a definition of essence, so we can derive (or conjecture about) the properties [Aristotle]
24068 Demonstration is more than entailment, as the explanatory order must match the causal order [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
17310 Aristotle gets asymmetric consequence from demonstration, which reflects real causal priority [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
21359 Aristotle doesn't actually apply his theory of demonstration to his practical science [Leroi on Aristotle]
12365 We can know by demonstration, which is a scientific deduction leading to understanding [Aristotle]
1667 Premises must be true, primitive and immediate, and prior to and explanatory of conclusions [Aristotle]
10918 Demonstrative understanding rests on necessary features of the thing in itself [Aristotle]
12374 Demonstrations must be necessary, and that depends on the middle term [Aristotle]
12148 Demonstrations are syllogisms which give explanations [Aristotle]
1691 Aim to get definitions of the primitive components, thus establishing the kind, and work towards the attributes [Aristotle]
12371 A demonstration is a deduction which proceeds from necessities [Aristotle]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
5862 A single counterexample is enough to prove that a truth is not necessary [Aristotle]