Open AccessAristotle’s Solution for Parmenides’ Inconclusive Argument in Physics I.3
Author(s) -
Lucas Angioni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
peitho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-9004
pISSN - 2082-7539
DOI - 10.14746/pea.2021.1.3
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , epistemology , philosophy , theoretical physics , physics , medicine
I discuss the argument which Aristotle ascribes to Parmenides at Physics 186a23–32. I examine (i) the reasons why Aristotle considers it to be eristic and inconclusive and (ii) the solution (lusis) that he proposes against it.