As a first stab, call a property recurrent if it can be possessed by more than one object, and nonrecurrent if it can be possessed by at most one object. The question whether Aristotle holds that there are nonrecurrent properties has spawned a lively and ongoing debate among commentators over the last forty-five years. One source of textual evidence in the Categories, drawn on in this debate, i...

The availability of faster and cheaper parallel computers makes it possible to apply genetic algorithms to large populations and very complex applications. This report presents a survey of current implementation techniques for genetic algorithms on parallel hardware.

Perhaps the most enduring legacy of Aristotle’s ethics is his theory of moral habits, largely found in the opening chapters of Book II of Nicomachean Ethics. By elucidating not only the requirements of virtue but also the methods by which we develop virtue, Aristotle’s ethics offers us a realistic hope of realizing his moral ideal. However, as we shall see, Aristotle presents only a brief sketc...

It is widely known that Aristotle rules out the existence of actual infinities but allows for potential infinities. However, precisely why Aristotle should deny the existence of actual infinities remains somewhat obscure and has received relatively little attention in the secondary literature. In this paper I investigate the motivations of Aristotle’s finitism and offer a careful examination of...

In this paper I offer a synthesis of previous contributions on Aristotle’s economic thought. Aristotle dealt with the economic issues in his practical philosophy. He thus considered ‘the economic’ within an ethical and political frame. This vision is coherent with Aristotle’s specific ontological analysis of ‘the economic’. In this paper, I consider this ontology and the consequences of it for ...

A predicate logic typically has a heterogeneous semantic theory. Subjects and predicates have distinct semantic roles: subjects refer; predicates characterize. A sentence expresses a truth if the object to which the subject refers is correctly characterized by the predicate. Traditional term logic, by contrast, has a homogeneous theory: both subjects and predicates refer; and a sentence is true...

We propose new axiomatizations of the 24 assertoric syllogisms of Aristotle’s syllogistic, and the 2 n n-ary operations of Boole’s algebraic logic. The former organizes the syllogisms as a 6 × 4 table partitioned into four connected components according to which term if any must be inhabited. We give two natural-deduction style axiomatizations, one with four axioms and four rules, the second wi...

Aristotle's Politics does not itself articulate any consolidated account of how the nature and scope of inquiry into politics are to be conceived. For that we need to turn to statements elsewhere in his writings, and particularly at the beginning and end oftheNicomachean Ethics. Adoption of this expository strategy is just one index of the fact that for Aristotle ethics and politics are not two...

traditional foundationalism, initially put forward by aristotle, also received attention in the middle ages. thomas aquinas sustained the theory with a little bit adaptation. but, becuase of his unique conception of the mechanism of knowledge acquisition, william of ockham suggested a theory of foundationalism based on direct realism. in order to avoid the criticisms levelled at aristotle'...

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