Philosophical Excursus

Excursus 010 – On Induction: One Word, Several Meanings

Aristotle, conceptual evolution, epagōgē, epistemology, Francis Bacon, inductio vera, inductio vulgaris, induction, scholasticism, scientific method
Excursus 009 – On Induction, Deduction, and the Syllogistic Structure of Aristotle

Aristotle, deduction, demonstration, epistemology, first principles, induction, logic, Posterior Analytics, scientific method, syllogism
Excursus 008 – On the Scientific and Philosophical Senses of “Truth”

correspondence theory, epistemology, Francis Bacon, induction, metaphysics, philosophy of science, scientific method, truth, veracity, veritas
Excursus 007 – On the Term “Notion” (Notio) in Bacon and Aristotle

Aristotle, common notions, concepts, epistemology, Francis Bacon, history of philosophy, induction, mental representation, notio, notion
Excursus 006 – On Hypothetico-Deductive Models

deduction, falsification, Hempel, hypothesis, hypothetico-deductive model, induction, Karl Popper, Modus Tollens, philosophy of science, scientific method
Excursus 005 – On Hypothetico-Deductive Model

deduction, explanation, hypothesis, hypothetico-deductive model, induction, Karl Popper, Modus Tollens, philosophy of science, scientific method, testing
Excursus 004 – On Bacon’s Use of the Term Dialectic

Aristotle, dialectic, Francis Bacon, hermeneutics, history of philosophy, logic, Novum Organum, scholasticism, syllogism, terminology
Excursus 003 – Three Historical Roles of Dialectic

contradiction, dialectic, epistemology, Hegel, history of philosophy, methodology, ontology, Plato, Socrates, soteriology
Excursus 002 – On Axiom and First Principles in Aristotle, Euclid, and Bacon

Aristotle, axiom, demonstration, Elements, epistemology, Euclid, first principles, Francis Bacon, induction, Posterior Analytics
Excursus 001 – On the Organon and the Novum Organum

Aristotle, Francis Bacon, history of science, induction, Instauratio magna, interpretation of nature, Novum Organum, Organon, scientific method, syllogism