SYLLOGISMS AND EXISTENCE IN ARISTOTLE’S POSTERIOR ANALYTICS
Abstract In this paper I examine how Aristotle thinks syllogisms establish existence. I argue against the traditional "Instantiation" reading and in favor of an alternative "causal" or "structural" account of existential syllogisms. On my interpretation, syllogisms esta...
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2019-11-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452019000400211&tlng=en |