MAJOR REFUTATION

MAJOR REFUTATION
Author: Pierre Senges
Publisher: Contra Mundum Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-12-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781940625201

A book that unites all books: adventure book, historical panorama, satirical tale, philosophical summa, polemical mockery, geographical treatise, political analysis.

Conjectures and Refutations

Conjectures and Refutations
Author: Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 614
Release: 2002
Genre: Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN: 9780415285940

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.

Proofs of Prophecy and the Refutation of the Isma'iliyya

Proofs of Prophecy and the Refutation of the Isma'iliyya
Author: Eva-Maria Lika
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110541793

Al-Mu'ayyad bi-llah al-Haruni (d. 411/1020) was a representative of the intellectual center of the Zaydiyya in Northern Iran and a student of the leading Muʿtazilite theologians of the time. In his Kitab Ithbat nubuwwat al-nabi he presents a proof of prophecy of Muḥammad and a refutation of the Isma'ilyya.The present volume explores the historical and intellectual context of the oeuvre and includes a partial critical edition of the text.

Forgotten Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle’s ›Sophistical Refutations‹

Forgotten Ancient Commentaries on Aristotle’s ›Sophistical Refutations‹
Author: Victor Gysembergh
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2023-12-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3111332969

How were Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations read in Antiquity? What were the perceived intentions, messages and problems of this treatise, the last within the Organon? This book presents newly discovered fragments from the lost ancient commentaries by Aspasios, Herminos, Alexander and Syrianos on Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations. After presenting the fragments, which were preserved by the humanist and philosopher Agostino Nifo (ca. 1473-1538), the introduction makes the case for their authenticity. There follows an edition of the fragments, accompanied by a translation and detailed commentary. This material sheds new light on the history and philosophy of logic, and especially on the theory of fallacies. It further documents how the Sophistical Refutations were interpreted and used in ancient Aristotelianism. Finally, it complements our knowledge of the philosophy of two major Aristotelians, Herminos and his pupil, the great Alexander of Aphrodisias. This study is of immediate relevance to readers with an interest in philosophy, logic, history, and/or Greco-Roman antiquity. Because it concerns the use and abuse of fallacies, and ways to counteract them, it also has countless practical applications in all fields of mundane life.