Aristotle's Essentialism and its Enemies

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 2,0, 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).?