Demonstration and necessity: a short note on Metaphysics 1015b6-9
Lucas Angioni
Abstract:I discuss a short string of five sentences in Metaphysics V.5, 1015b6-9 relating demonstration to necessity. My proposal is that Aristotle is focusing his attention on the demonstration as a demonstration. Other interpretations reduce the necessity in question to the modality of the component sentences of the demonstrations (the conclusion and the premises). My view does not deny that modality of the component sentences are important, but takes seriously the idea that a demonstration itself should be understoo… Show more
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