Aristotle's Essentialism and its Enemies

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics Aesthetics Culture Nature Right ...) grade: 20 University of California Berkeley (Department of Philosophy) course: Aristotle's Posterior Analytics language: English abstract: The
 Posterior
 Analytics
 the
 oldest
 text
 on
 the
 philosophy
 of
 science
 known
 today
 displays 
Aristotle's 
ideas
 of
 systematic
 acquisition 
of 
scientific 
knowledge
 and 
its 
proper
 demonstration.
 On
 the
 basis
 of
 the
 Posterior
 Analytics
 and
 by
 means
 of
 two
 examples
 this
 essay
 wants
 to
 sketch
 the
 critique
 on
 essentialism
 and
 universals
 in
 the
 mid‐20th
 century.
The 
focus 
is
 on 
Karl
 Raimund 
Popper's 
account 
given
 in
 The 
Open 
Society 
and 
its
 Enemies
(1945)
 namely 
book
 II
 chapter
 11
 and 
on
 Williard
 Van 
Orman
 Quine's
 essay
 On
 What 
There
 Is
 (1948).