Posterior Analytics

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Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.

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knowledge through causes ⓘ
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defines demonstration as a syllogism producing scientific knowledge ⓘ
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demonstration versus dialectic ⓘ
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influenced Islamic philosophy of science ⓘ
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conceptions of scientific explanation ⓘ
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Prior Analytics ⓘ
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