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Aristotle’s Theory of Universals by Gregory Salmieri

Aristotle’s Theory of Universals by Gregory Salmieri

Update: 2024-01-19
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In this lesson, Salmieri explains Aristotle’s theory of universals and how that theory makes possible scientific understanding (epistēmē) of this world based on sense-perception. The lesson explains that universal knowledge, for Aristotle, is a power to know particulars as falling under kinds. Salmieri concludes with a discussion of a famous chapter of the Posterior Analytics, in which Aristotle uses a battlefield metaphor to explain how we grasp universals.







This course includes a handout: https://courses.aynrand.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Greg_Salmieri-Aristotles_Theory_of_Knowledge.pdf







Lesson 2 of 3 in "Aristotle's Theory of Knowledge"







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Aristotle’s Theory of Universals by Gregory Salmieri

Aristotle’s Theory of Universals by Gregory Salmieri

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