Ontological Foundation of Aristotle’s Law of Contradiction in Metaphysics IV 1005a 19 - 1005b 19
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According to Aristotle, LC is the highest principle of logic and of all science. LC is intimately connected with the first philosophy, which deal with being qua being as the basic principle of entire universe. In this article,I am going to find the actual link between LC and his ontology by exploring direct justification for establishing certainty of LC in Metaphysics IV 1005a 19 - 1005b 19. Aristotle tried to justify LC in two ways, e.g. direct and indirect. Direct way aims at, first, explicating the correlation between LC and ontology and second, establishing epistemological correlation between the two, and finally demonstrating LC through contrariety. After reading off Aristotle’s justification for the certainty of LC, I can find these points: 1. Since the axioms do not belong to a definite class(genus) but to being in general, philosopher who studies being qua being has to investigate them. 2. Without the first principle covering every being, the principles of particular sciences cannot be working. 3. The self-evidence of the first principle is dependent upon the fact that being qua being is the most evident in itself. 4. Since the highest principle(LC) corresponds with the supreme being and the supreme being is the most familiar and known best,the highest principle is the most certain, most familiar, and best known, and consequently it is impossible to make mistake about it. 5. Aristotle’s LC cannot be construed as a universal law which embraces the whole universe,but as a metaphysical principle which holds true only for the world of substances. 6. the certainty of Aristotle’s LC is supported by his trust of this sensible world. In conclusion, Aristotle’s LC is based on his conviction that philosophy must be begun from sensible world, and that there must be the world of substances(ousia) ,true in itself, at the root of sensible world. This means that the certainty of LC is only secured by his metaphysical world view.
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According to Aristotle, LC is the highest principle of logic and of all science. LC is intimately connected with the first philosophy, which deal with being qua being as the basic principle of entire universe. In this article,I am going to find the actual link between LC and his ontology by exploring direct justification for establishing certainty of LC in Metaphysics IV 1005a 19 - 1005b 19. Aristotle tried to justify LC in two ways, e.g. direct and indirect. Direct way aims at, first, explicating the correlation between LC and ontology and second, establishing epistemological correlation between the two, and finally demonstrating LC through contrariety. After reading off Aristotle’s justification for the certainty of LC, I can find these points: 1. Since the axioms do not belong to a definite class(genus) but to being in general, philosopher who studies being qua being has to investigate them. 2. Without the first principle covering every being, the principles of particular sciences cannot be working. 3. The self-evidence of the first principle is dependent upon the fact that being qua being is the most evident in itself. 4. Since the highest principle(LC) corresponds with the supreme being and the supreme being is the most familiar and known best,the highest principle is the most certain, most familiar, and best known, and consequently it is impossible to make mistake about it. 5. Aristotle’s LC cannot be construed as a universal law which embraces the whole universe,but as a metaphysical principle which holds true only for the world of substances. 6. the certainty of Aristotle’s LC is supported by his trust of this sensible world. In conclusion, Aristotle’s LC is based on his conviction that philosophy must be begun from sensible world, and that there must be the world of substances(ousia) ,true in itself, at the root of sensible world. This means that the certainty of LC is only secured by his metaphysical world view.
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