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MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11

PAOLO FAIT · UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência · 2019

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PAOLO FAIT
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UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência
Year
2019
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2317-630X
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2317-630X
Language
English

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Abstract The paper examines Posterior Analytics II 11, 94a20-36 and makes three points. (1) The confusing formula ‘given what things, is it necessary for this to be’ [τίνων ὄντων ἀνάγκη τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι] at a21-22 introduces material cause, not syllogistic necessity. (2) When biological material necessitation is the only causal factor, Aristotle is reluctant to formalize it in syllogistic terms, and this helps to explain why, in II 11, he turns to geometry in order to illustrate a kind of material cause that can be expressed as the middle term of an explanatory syllogism. (3) If geometrical proof is viewed as a complex construction built on simpler constructions, it can in effect be described as a case of purely material constitution.

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FAIT, P. (2019). MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.pf

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FAIT, PAOLO. "MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11." 2019. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.pf.

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FAIT, PAOLO. 2019. "MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11.". https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.pf.

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FAIT, P. 2019, MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11, UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2019.v42n4.pf [Accessed 7 Aug. 2026].

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Title
MATERIAL CAUSE AND SYLLOGISTIC NECESSITY IN POSTERIOR ANALYTICS II 11
Author / contributors
PAOLO FAIT
Publisher
UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência
Publication year
2019
ISSN
2317-630X
ISSN
2317-630X
Language
English

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Aristotle; Syllogism; Necessity; Material cause; Posterior Analytics; Teleology
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