The Relation between the What-It-Is and the Why-It-Is in Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, On the Parts of Animals, and Metaphysics
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GE, TIANQIN, The Relation between the What-It-Is and the Why-It-Is in Aristotle's Posterior Analytics, On the Parts of Animals, and Metaphysics, Trinity College Dublin.School of Social Sciences & Philosophy, 2020Download Item:
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In this dissertation, I wish to examine the relation between the what-it-is and the why-it-is in Aristotle’s three treatises. The main conclusions I will defend in this thesis can be formulated as follows. In the Posterior Analytics, the enquiry into the what-it-is is independent of the enquiry into the why-it-is. In the Parts of Animals, the enquiry into the what-it-is depends on the enquiry into the why-it-is. In the Middle Books of the Metaphysics, the enquiry into the what-it-is depends on the enquiry into the why-it-is, and the enquiry into the why-it-is depends on an earlier enquiry into the what-it-is.
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