Aristotle and the Postmodern World

Aristotle and the Postmodern World

With the support of recent scholarship the author proposes an understanding of the Aristotelian Corpus inspired by the biological works. He points out that this understanding is bound up with other current philosophical discussions, especially on biology, rationality, realism, the knowledge of an in...

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Main Author: Alfredo Marcos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Étienne Gilson Society 2012-12-01
Series:Studia Gilsoniana
Online Access:http://gilsonsociety.com/files/Article-Marcos.pdf
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spelling doaj-fffffa5d955844778e41c774834a19e02020-11-25T01:11:39ZengInternational Étienne Gilson SocietyStudia Gilsoniana2300-00662012-12-0116573Aristotle and the Postmodern WorldAlfredo MarcosWith the support of recent scholarship the author proposes an understanding of the Aristotelian Corpus inspired by the biological works. He points out that this understanding is bound up with other current philosophical discussions, especially on biology, rationality, realism, the knowledge of an individual, metaphor, and poetics. The author concludes that Aristotle offers the most promising ontological, epistemological and anthropological basis not only for undertaking a series of urgent reconciliations (of facts and values, of theoretical and practical reason, of understanding and sensation, and of intelligence and emotion), but also for solving many dualisms of modern times, in their Platonic or materialist varieties.http://gilsonsociety.com/files/Article-Marcos.pdf
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