Abstract

BERRON, Manuel. Principios y conclusiones en una axiomatización de la astronomía de Acerca del cielo I de Aristóteles. Tópicos [online]. 2014, n.28, pp.1-29. ISSN 1666-485X.

In On The Heavens there are four crucial proofs of Aristotelian cosmology, namely: proof of the aether existence, proof of the finitude of the universe, proof of its unicity and proof of its ungenerability and its indestructibility. We do a partial reconstruction of the hole of these four proofs to show that they use a similar set of premises and definitions. In fact, our goal is to show that such set of proofs uses the same principles and, in this way, that in a axiomatic reconstruction of the hole of proofs we can find a similar number, even higher, of premises than conclusions. Thus, we find an alternative way for a possible axiomatization on Aristotle's On The Heavens.

Keywords : Aristotle; On The Heavens; scientific demonstration; axiomatization.

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