On Sophistical Refutations, Aristotle
On Sophistical Refutations, Aristotle
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On Sophistical Refutations

Author: Aristotle

Narrator: George Easton

Unabridged: 2 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy


Synopsis

"On Sophistical Refutations" is a treatise by Aristotle that explores the nature of fallacious reasoning and how it can be identified and refuted. In this work, Aristotle presents a systematic approach to detecting and exposing errors in argumentation, particularly those that rely on equivocation or ambiguity in language. He examines a variety of sophistical arguments, including those based on language, form, and logical fallacies, and offers practical strategies for detecting and refuting them. Throughout the treatise, Aristotle emphasizes the importance of precise language and clear thinking in avoiding fallacies and arriving at sound conclusions. "On Sophistical Refutations" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in logic, rhetoric, or critical thinking, and has remained a seminal work in the field of philosophy for centuries. Read in English, unabridged.

About Aristotle

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato, and a tutor to Alexander the Great. His writings, on such diverse subjects as rhetoric, logic, politics, ethics, biology, physics, and poetry, comprise some of the foundations of Western philosophy. He wrote as many as 200 treatises during his lifetime, of which only 31 survive. Of these, Aristotle's best-known works include Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Eudemian Ethics, Politics, and On the Soul.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tyler on June 13, 2020

Yes, I thought this book by Aristotle was great, really. Whereas the 'Topics' and 'Posterior Analytics' felt more like the pot pourri of Prior Analytics, the sophistical elenchii analyses the 'dialectical syllogism' or 'paralogism'. These paralogisms could include various sorts of different proposit......more

Goodreads review by Alan on August 11, 2011

This book has given rise to millennia of clear thinking and to millennia of confusion. Some scholars hold that Aristotle's writings were not as much books as teaching notes. We cut him slack for being the inventor of the modern idea of logic and really, the first scientist. This does not mean that h......more