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(1991) Existence and explanation, Dordrecht, Springer.
The purpose of the paper is to show (1) that Aristotle had a kind of criterion of non-creativity in his theory of definition and (2) that he had a requirement for scientific explanations which amounts to finding an interpolation-sentence. The relevant passages can be found in the Posterior Analytics, second book, especially chapters 2, 7, 8, 13.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3244-2_14
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Weingartner, P. (1991)., A note on Aristotle's theory of definition and scientific explanation, in W. Spohn, B. Skyrms & B. C. Van Fraassen (eds.), Existence and explanation, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 207-217.
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