Book contents
- Aristotle on Inquiry
- Aristotle on Inquiry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Erotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms
- Chapter 1 The Goal of Knowledge and Norms of Inquiry
- Chapter 2 An Erotetic Framework
- Chapter 3 A Discourse on μέθοδος
- Chapter 4 Natural Science
- Part II Norms of Natural Inquiry
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Chapter 4 - Natural Science
Many Inquiries, One Science
from Part I - Erotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- Aristotle on Inquiry
- Aristotle on Inquiry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Erotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms
- Chapter 1 The Goal of Knowledge and Norms of Inquiry
- Chapter 2 An Erotetic Framework
- Chapter 3 A Discourse on μέθοδος
- Chapter 4 Natural Science
- Part II Norms of Natural Inquiry
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- General Index
Summary
Chapter Summary. Metaph. Ε.1 provides a deceptively clean map of scientific knowledge, differentiating three forms of theoretical knowledge (first philosophy, mathematics, natural science) from each other and theoretical knowledge as a whole from practical and productive knowledge. The focus of this chapter will be on natural science (ἡ φυσικὴ ἐπιστήμη, 1025b19), considered as the ultimate goal of natural inquiry. Given the results established up to this point about Aristotle’s general account of inquiry, my aim in this chapter is to answer two related, more specific questions about natural inquiry
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- Aristotle on InquiryErotetic Frameworks and Domain-Specific Norms, pp. 99 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021