Posterior Analytics

Interesting Facts

• «Posterior Analytics» is the second part of Aristotle's «Organon», where he develops the theory of the syllogism begun in «Prior Analytics».
• In this book, Aristotle introduces the concept of scientific knowledge, which must be provable and true.
• Aristotle in «Posterior Analytics» distinguishes four types of causes: material, formal, efficient, and final, which became the basis for subsequent philosophical and scientific investigations.
• The book contains a discussion on the nature of proof and explains how knowledge can be attained through deductive reasoning.
• Aristotle also examines the difference between knowledge and opinion, emphasizing that knowledge must be based on logical proofs.