The first sentence of NE I.2 has roughly the form: “If A [there is a universal end] and B (because, if not-B, then C), then D [this end will be the best good]”. According to some commentators, Aristotle uses B to infer A; but then the sentence is fallacious. According to other commentators, Aristotle does not use B (until later on); but then the sentence is bizarre. Contrary to both sets of com...

I argue that a modern gloss on Aristotle’s notions of Form and Matter not only allows us to escape a dualism of the psychological and the physical, but also results in a plausible sort of materialism. This is because Aristotle held that the essential nature of any psychological state, including perception and human thought, is to be some physical property. I also show that Hilary Putnam and Mar...

the first lines of aristotle's on interpretation are one of the most influential texts in the history of semantics and an important introduction to understanding and elaboration of some of aristotle's views. according to the classical interpretation, aristotle generally states that one’s writings represent spoken sounds and spoken sounds are in the first place representation of reacti...

Aristotle begins his famous discussion of time in Book Δ of The Physics by asking whether time belongs to “the things that exist.” In this paper I argue that Aristotle’s apparently ambiguous answer to this question holds one of the keys to clarifying contemporary philosophy of time. First, I argue that the metaphysical and metaphilosophical presuppositions underlying most philosophy of time are...

The basic ideas of the modern steady-state economy model can be found in writings two major ancient Greek philosophers, Plato and Aristotle. his Laws Aristotle Politics discuss optimal relationship between population available land that would give enough wealth to city allow citizens enjoy best life. They questions income inequality approaches control. guiding thought these models is what philo...

Prior Analytics by the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384– 322 BCE) and Laws of Thought by the English mathematicianGeorge Boole (1815 – 1864) are the twomost important surviving original logical works from before the advent of modern logic. This article has a single goal: to compare Aristotle’s system with the system that Boole constructed over twenty-two centuries later intending to extend and ...