First Principles: The Foundation of Knowledge
- Aristotle emphasizes the need for first principles, which are indemonstrable and serve as the foundation for further knowledge
- Without these primary premises, knowledge would fall into infinite regress
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Aristotle's Posterior Analytics explores how knowledge is acquired through demonstration, built on pre-existing knowledge, and grounded in first principles. It emphasizes the role of syllogism in scientific reasoning and the distinction between induction and deduction. This work is foundational for understanding the structure and process of obtaining true knowledge
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