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6 unusual facts about Aristotelianism


Aristotelianism

In metaphysics, an Aristotelian realism about universals is defended by such philosophers as David Malet Armstrong and Stephen Mumford, and is applied to the philosophy of mathematics by James Franklin.

Arnold Boate

In 1641 Gerard and Arnold co-wrote Philosophia Naturalis Reformata, an attack upon Aristotelianism.

Edmond Pourchot

Edmond Pourchot (1651, Poilly – 1734, Paris) was a university professor noted for his controversial advocacy of Cartesianism (and the Cartesian theory of mechanics) in place of Aristotelianism.

Gad Horowitz

Horowitz teaches a class at the University of Toronto entitled "The Spirit of Democratic Citizenship" which revolves around general semantics, a non-Aristotelian educational discipline first theorized by Polish engineer Alfred Korzybski.

Pierre Corneille

Corneille argued the Aristotelian dramatic guidelines were not meant to be subject to a strict literal reading.

Principles of Philosophy

The book was primarily intended to replace the Aristotelian curriculum then used in French and British Universities.


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