Conviction, Priority, and Rationalism in Aristotle's Epistemology
Marc Gasser-Wingate
Was Aristotle a rationalist who trusted pure intuition, or did he think experience could justify first principles? This paper challenges the rationalist reading of Aristotle and shows why the question still matters.
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