Università Roma Tre

The course will focus on Aristotle, Posterior Analytics 1.3, 1.7-11.
Aristotle's text will be explained in detail and the following aspects will be considered:
1: The structure of demonstrative science according to Aristotle and the status of principles
2: Principles and subordinate sciences
3: The status of universals

a] Aristotle, Posterior Analytics, Translated with a Commentary by J. Barnes, Clarendon Press, Oxford 2002 (second edition), pp. xi-xxv (Introduction); 2-4, 12-15 (ch. 2; 7-11); 89-103, 130-148 (Commentary).

[b] A. Marmodoro – E. Mayr, Breve introduzione alla metafisica, Carocci, Roma, 2017.
M. Vegetti – F. Ademollo, Incontro con Aristotele, Einaudi, Torino, 2016.
R. Smith, Aristotle’s Logic, “The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2018 Edition)”, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2018/entries/aristotle-logic/
H. Mendell, Aristotle and Mathematics, “The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2017 Edition)”, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2017/entries/aristotle-mathematics/

[c] Students are required to prepare a paper in Italian or English (3.000 words) about one of the following topics:

[i] Knowledge and Understanding
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
M. Burnyeat, Aristotle on Understanding Knowledge, in E. Berti (ed.), Aristotle on Science: The “Posterior Analytics”, Antenore, Padova, 1981, pp. 97–140.

[ii] Deduction, syllogism, demonstration
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
J. Barnes, Proof and the Syllogism, in E. Berti (ed.), Aristotle on Science: The “Posterior Analytics”, Antenore, Padova, 1981, pp. 17-59.

[iii] Subordinate sciences
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
R.D. McKirahan, Aristotle’s Subordinate Sciences, «The British Journal for the History of Science» 11 (1978) 197-220.