Posterior Analytics
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Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Posterior Analytics canonical | 3 |
| Organon | 1 |
| Organon by Aristotle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Posterior Analytics Context triple: [Aristotle, notableWork, Posterior Analytics]
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A.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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B.
Book II: Of Reasoning
Book II: Of Reasoning is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "A System of Logic" that systematically analyzes the principles and processes of human reasoning and inference.
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Port-Royal Logic
Port-Royal Logic is a 17th-century treatise on logic and philosophy, rooted in Cartesian thought and influential in the development of modern logic and epistemology.
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D.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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E.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Posterior Analytics Target entity description: Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
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A.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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B.
Book II: Of Reasoning
Book II: Of Reasoning is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "A System of Logic" that systematically analyzes the principles and processes of human reasoning and inference.
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C.
Port-Royal Logic
Port-Royal Logic is a 17th-century treatise on logic and philosophy, rooted in Cartesian thought and influential in the development of modern logic and epistemology.
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D.
Summa contra Gentiles
Summa contra Gentiles is a major theological and philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically defends Christian doctrine through rational argument, especially in dialogue with non-Christian thinkers.
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E.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aristotelian work
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logical work ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ work on epistemology ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
certainty in science
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hierarchy of scientific propositions ⓘ knowledge through causes ⓘ role of universals in science ⓘ |
| composedInCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| defines |
demonstration as a syllogism producing scientific knowledge
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scientific knowledge as knowledge through causes ⓘ |
| discusses |
conditions of scientific demonstration
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demonstration versus dialectic ⓘ demonstration versus experience ⓘ induction as a route to first principles ⓘ intuition (nous) of first principles ⓘ relation between knowledge and truth ⓘ structure of scientific explanation ⓘ |
| dividedInto |
Book I
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Book II ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
causal knowledge
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definition ⓘ demonstration ⓘ epistēmē ⓘ explanation ⓘ first principles ⓘ scientific knowledge ⓘ scientific method ⓘ syllogistic reasoning ⓘ |
| hasGreekTitle | Ἀναλυτικὰ ὕστερα ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic philosophy
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surface form:
Islamic philosophy of science
Latin scholasticism ⓘ conceptions of scientific explanation ⓘ early modern philosophy of science ⓘ medieval Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
demonstrative syllogism
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four causes in explanatory context ⓘ middle term ⓘ necessary connection ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Organon ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Categories
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Metaphysics ⓘ Prior Analytics ⓘ Topics ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Later Analytics ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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Organon by Aristotle
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