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Mechanical Art vs. Science: Euclid, Book I, Proposition 2
Posted on August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Mechanical Art vs. Science: Euclid, Book I, Proposition 2

Image Courtesy of David Joyce at Clarke University There are several ways that one might produce a line equal to a given line. A carpenter might use a tape measure or a story-stick. A story-stick is an unmarked object of equivalent length to another. Its advantage lies in that it eliminates measurement. There are no … Continue reading Mechanical Art vs. Science: Euclid, Book I, Proposition 2

Abstract Ideas and the Possibility of Science in Locke’s Essay: A Comparison of Lockean and Aristotelean Empiricism
Posted on July 17, 2017July 27, 2017

Abstract Ideas and the Possibility of Science in Locke’s Essay: A Comparison of Lockean and Aristotelean Empiricism

Abstract Ideas Locke Continue reading Abstract Ideas and the Possibility of Science in Locke’s Essay: A Comparison of Lockean and Aristotelean Empiricism

A Paper on Aristotle’s De Anima (On the Soul) and the Posterior Analytics
Posted on July 3, 2017June 26, 2017

A Paper on Aristotle’s De Anima (On the Soul) and the Posterior Analytics

Nous in De Anima as a Pattern for Induction in the Posterior Analytics  Continue reading A Paper on Aristotle’s De Anima (On the Soul) and the Posterior Analytics

Gills:Lungs::Human Knowledge:Angelic
Posted on April 18, 2017April 13, 2017

Gills:Lungs::Human Knowledge:Angelic

Just as fish cannot pull oxygen directly from the air, but would asphyxiate if left to do so, so too man cannot apprehend the intelligible forms of things directly. We begin in sensation, move to memory and experience, and ultimately to apprehend the forms. from Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics: So out of sense-perception comes to be what … Continue reading Gills:Lungs::Human Knowledge:Angelic

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