Single Idea 12380

[catalogued under 14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation]

Full Idea

Universals are valuable because they make the explanations plain.

Gist of Idea

Universals are valuable because they make the explanations plain

Source

Aristotle (Posterior Analytics [c.327 BCE], 88a06)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Posterior Analytics (2nd ed)', ed/tr. Barnes,Jonathan [OUP 1993], p.43


A Reaction

Everything in Aristotle comes back to human capacity to understand. There seems to be an ideal explanation consisting entirely of particulars, but humans are not equipped to grasp it. We think in a broad brush way.