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    Aristotle's syllogistic necessity is epistemologically insufficient as a basis for scientific knowledge

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    • 1.Aristotle claims that demonstrative knowledge yields necessary truth because its object cannot be other than it is
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    • 2.Such necessity is merely the logical necessity of a conclusion following from its premises, not a guarantee of truth about reality
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    • 3.Premises themselves may be arbitrary, so syllogistic necessity does not ensure knowledge of the world
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    Therefore Aristotle’s statement in the Posterior Analytics that “since the object of pure scientific knowledge cannot be other than it is, the truth obtained by demonstrative knowledge will be necessary” (1.3 73a2–23), was epistemologically insufficient for Sanches. Such necessity would merely be the syllogistic necessity of a conclusion following from arbitrary premises. But beyond the logical, there was also a psychological dimension to Sanches’ scepticism, which is implicit in the rhetorical
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