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Single Idea 5991
[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
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Full Idea
Aristotle thinks that in general we have knowledge or understanding when we grasp causes, and he distinguishes three fundamental types of knowledge - theoretical, practical and productive.
Gist of Idea
For Aristotle, knowledge is of causes, and is theoretical, practical or productive
Source
report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Alan D. Code - Aristotle
Book Ref
'Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy', ed/tr. Zeyl,Donald J. [Fitzroy Dearborn 1997], p.71
A Reaction
Productive knowledge we tend to label as 'knowing how'. The centrality of causes for knowledge would get Aristotle nowadays labelled as a 'naturalist'. It is hard to disagree with his three types, though they may overlap.
The
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from 'works'
19693
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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding)
[Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
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1575
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For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value
[Roochnik on Aristotle]
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1589
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Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature
[Roochnik on Aristotle]
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8200
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Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined
[Aristotle, by Quine]
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4385
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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing
[Aristotle, by Urmson]
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13282
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Aristotle relativises the notion of wholeness to different measures
[Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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4730
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For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality
[Aristotle, by O'Grady]
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11240
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The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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13276
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The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom
[Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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13277
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The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind
[Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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3320
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Aristotle's standard analysis of species and genus involves specifying things in terms of something more general
[Aristotle, by Benardete,JA]
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5991
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For Aristotle, knowledge is of causes, and is theoretical, practical or productive
[Aristotle, by Code]
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11239
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The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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23312
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Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience
[Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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16111
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Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide
[Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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11243
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Aristotelian explanations are facts, while modern explanations depend on human conceptions
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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3037
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Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead
[Aristotle, by Diog. Laertius]
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12000
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Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties
[Aristotle, by Kung]
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23300
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Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it
[Aristotle, by Sorabji]
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6559
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Aristotle never actually says that man is a rational animal
[Aristotle, by Fogelin]
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11150
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it
[Aristotle]
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8660
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There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent
[Aristotle, by Friend]
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12058
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Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter
[Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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16971
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Plato says sciences are unified around Forms; Aristotle says they're unified around substance
[Aristotle, by Moravcsik]
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22729
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The concepts of gods arose from observing the soul, and the cosmos
[Aristotle, by Sext.Empiricus]
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