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The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British EmpiricismThe Empiricism of Seventeenth-Century Aristotelianism

The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism: The Empiricism of... [The first important seventeenth-century British Aristotelian was Samuel Smith. Anthony à Wood remembers him at Oxford as ‘the most accurate disputant and profound philosopher in the university’. It is undoubtedly true that ‘throughout the middle of the century the Aditus ad Logicam of Samuel Smith, fellow of Magdalen, was in vogue’. In fact, his brief compendium to logic had 11 editions in 80 years: as a matter of fact it was the most popular textbook of the century only after that of Robert Sanderson. The scholarship has always considered Smith as a syncretist, close to the Ramist positions; however, a careful examination of his handbook shows the strong influence of Zabarella and Pace on the Aditus, in which entire propositions taken from Zabarella are repeated, revised and expanded. Smith presents a large number of Zabarella’s views from an empiricist perspective, especially with regard to the theory of science and of method.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British EmpiricismThe Empiricism of Seventeenth-Century Aristotelianism

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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
ISBN
978-94-007-4950-4
Pages
147 –166
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-4951-1_8
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[The first important seventeenth-century British Aristotelian was Samuel Smith. Anthony à Wood remembers him at Oxford as ‘the most accurate disputant and profound philosopher in the university’. It is undoubtedly true that ‘throughout the middle of the century the Aditus ad Logicam of Samuel Smith, fellow of Magdalen, was in vogue’. In fact, his brief compendium to logic had 11 editions in 80 years: as a matter of fact it was the most popular textbook of the century only after that of Robert Sanderson. The scholarship has always considered Smith as a syncretist, close to the Ramist positions; however, a careful examination of his handbook shows the strong influence of Zabarella and Pace on the Aditus, in which entire propositions taken from Zabarella are repeated, revised and expanded. Smith presents a large number of Zabarella’s views from an empiricist perspective, especially with regard to the theory of science and of method.]

Published: Aug 11, 2012

Keywords: Scientific Knowledge; Seventeenth Century; Lunar Eclipse; Hypothetical Syllogism; Aristotelian Logic

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