Can there be a science of psychology? Aristotle’s de Anima and the structure and construction of science

Manuscrito 42 (4):469-515 (2019)
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Abstract

This article considers whether and how there can be for Aristotle a genuine science of ‘pure’ psychology, of the soul as such, which amounts to considering whether Aristotle’s model of science in the Posterior Analytics is applicable to the de Anima.

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R. J. Hankinson
University of Texas at Austin

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