Richard D Mckirahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 460047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard D Mckirahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckirahan |
| SIGNATURE | MCKIRAHAN R D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thales: Thales
In accordance with the purpose of the series Traditio Praesocratica , the present volume, the first in the series, contains the most complete collection ever assembled of the documentary evidence on Thales of Miletus. Approximately 600 texts, dating from the sixth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE, are presented in chronological order, both in the original language (Greek, Latin, Arabic and Persian) and in a facing English translation. The…
Parmenides B8.38 and Cornford’s Fragment
On the Heavens, I and II
Principles and Proofs: Aristotle's Theory of Demonstrative Science
Socrates and Protagoras on Holiness and Justice ("Protagoras" 330c-332a)
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION raised in the Protagoras is how the virtues are related to one another. Socrates believes that the virtues are the same,1 Protagoras (330a-b, 349c) that they are distinct and dissimilar parts of virtue, different kinds of things, each with its own power. Major philosophical passages of the Protagoras (330-334, 349-end) see Socrates attempting to win Protagoras over to his view. Initially he argues for the sameness of pairs o…
Aristotelian Epagoge in Prior Analytics 2. 21 and Posterior Analytics 1. 1
Aristotelian Epagoge In Prior Analytics 2. 21 and Posterior Analytics 1. 1 RICHARD D. McKIRAHAN, JR. I THE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY of induction begins with Aristotle. For him it was a fundamental mode of thought I that merited treatment for its importance in logic, scientific method, dialectic, and rhetoricY Consequently, we would expect Aristotle to say just what he means by epagoge. However, Ross's survey of the passages where Aristotle uses the te…
Aristotle's Subordinate Sciences
The relations between different areas of knowledge have been a subject of interest to philosophers as well as to scientists and mathematicians from antiquity. While recent work in this direction has been largely concerned with the question whether one branch of knowledge (such as arithmetic) can be reduced to another (such as logic), the questions which exercised the Greek philosophers on these matters have a different starting point. Taking for …
Aristotle's Subordinate Sciences
The relations between different areas of knowledge have been a subject of interest to philosophers as well as to scientists and mathematicians from antiquity. While recent work in this direction has been largely concerned with the question whether one branch of knowledge (such as arithmetic) can be reduced to another (such as logic), the questions which exercised the Greek philosophers on these matters have a different starting point. Taking for …
Thales: Thales
In accordance with the purpose of the series Traditio Praesocratica , the present volume, the first in the series, contains the most complete collection ever assembled of the documentary evidence on Thales of Miletus. Approximately 600 texts, dating from the sixth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE, are presented in chronological order, both in the original language (Greek, Latin, Arabic and Persian) and in a facing English translation. The…
Aristotle's Subordinate Sciences
The relations between different areas of knowledge have been a subject of interest to philosophers as well as to scientists and mathematicians from antiquity. While recent work in this direction has been largely concerned with the question whether one branch of knowledge (such as arithmetic) can be reduced to another (such as logic), the questions which exercised the Greek philosophers on these matters have a different starting point. Taking for …
Aristotelian Epagoge in Prior Analytics 2. 21 and Posterior Analytics 1. 1
Aristotelian Epagoge In Prior Analytics 2. 21 and Posterior Analytics 1. 1 RICHARD D. McKIRAHAN, JR. I THE PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY of induction begins with Aristotle. For him it was a fundamental mode of thought I that merited treatment for its importance in logic, scientific method, dialectic, and rhetoricY Consequently, we would expect Aristotle to say just what he means by epagoge. However, Ross's survey of the passages where Aristotle uses the te…
Socrates and Protagoras on Holiness and Justice ("Protagoras" 330c-332a)
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION raised in the Protagoras is how the virtues are related to one another. Socrates believes that the virtues are the same,1 Protagoras (330a-b, 349c) that they are distinct and dissimilar parts of virtue, different kinds of things, each with its own power. Major philosophical passages of the Protagoras (330-334, 349-end) see Socrates attempting to win Protagoras over to his view. Initially he argues for the sameness of pairs o…
Principles and Proofs: Aristotle's Theory of Demonstrative Science
On the Heavens, I and II
Parmenides B8.38 and Cornford’s Fragment
Thales: Thales
In accordance with the purpose of the series Traditio Praesocratica , the present volume, the first in the series, contains the most complete collection ever assembled of the documentary evidence on Thales of Miletus. Approximately 600 texts, dating from the sixth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE, are presented in chronological order, both in the original language (Greek, Latin, Arabic and Persian) and in a facing English translation. The…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Contemporary philosophy (2 works) · General interest (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Algorithm (1 works)