Proofs by Reductio ad Impossibile in Aristotle’s Prior Analytics

This paper aims at clarifying the procedure of proofs by reductio ad impossibile in Aristotle’s Prior Analytics, especially elucidating what can be taken as impossibility in such proofs. Traditional interpretation has it that the impossibility in Aristotle’s reductio proofs must be a contradiction....

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Main Author: Antônio Mesquita Neto
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2021-10-01
Series:Revista de Filosofia Antiga
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/191333