An Abduction About Aristotle’s Apagoge with Inspiration from al-Fārābī
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21451389 |
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| Authors | Mahdi Azimi (0000-0002-2394-152X, University of Tehran, corresponding author), Morteza Motavalli (0000-0002-5305-6951, University of Tehran) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Philosophy of Logic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5340 • E-ISSN: 1464-5149 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01445340.2025.2587538 |
| OpenAlex | W7116900059 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In the Prior Analytics, book 2, chapter 25, Aristotle presents a strange type of argument called apagoge. Some, such as Ross, consider the situation in this chapter problematic, and some, such as Peirce, do not. Ross believes that apagoge is a semi-demonstrative, semi-dialectical syllogism, in the form of the first figure, with a probable conclusion that is obtained from a more probable minor premise with an apodictic major premise. Peirce says that apagoge is the very abduction or −in a more recent term−inference to the best explanation. Al-Fārābī, however, without explicitly discussing apagoge, replaces it with the Arabic translation of epagoge, i.e. ‘'istiqrā’ (induction)’, which inspires the hypothesis that apagoge is a miswriting of epagoge. Inspired by al-Fārābī’s words, we formulate another abduction, based on which the strange and problematic situation of Chapter 25 is explained by accepting the hypothesis that apagoge is a miswriting of epagoge. However, this reading is neither economical nor consistent
Natural (archaeology) · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Medieval and Classical Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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