Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] I allow myself, certainly with a little too much approximation, to resort to concepts that come from philosophy. Plato gave all knowledge the ideal dimension of the mathematical-deductive process and opened up to different possibilities of reasoning that became the basis of the mathematical method: the axiomatic-deductive structure is the rational procedure that derives a certain conclusion from more generic premises (from the universal to the particular). But for Aristotle, natural facts and human actions deserved greater consideration and this led him to develop the inductive method that leads, instead, from the particular to the universal. In the Aristotelian system there is no opposition between science and non-science. Our reason can observe a plurality of phenomena (things that exist in themselves and that belong to the general set of natural entities, in Greek physis) and classify them in the so-called exact (or theoretical) sciences. If, on the other hand, the things observed exist because they are due to human action, reason classifies them in the practical sciences (from the Greek: praxis, action). The latter should lead to indicating rules of behavior, while the former should reach the truth, for which the logical-deductive and inductive method is valid, in its rigor, only for the exact sciences. ...
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] From the general to the particular and vice versa |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 4-4 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | MACCHINE ALIMENTARI |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Modellazione