Abstract

LOPEZ-ASTORGA, Miguel. Aristotle and Boethius: Two Theses and Their Possibilities. Prax. filos. [online]. 2021, n.53, pp.69-84.  Epub Aug 27, 2021. ISSN 0120-4688.  https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i53.11478.

There is a kind of logical theses that can be a cognitive problem. They are theses that are not tautologies and people tend to accept as absolutely correct. This is the case of theses such as those of Aristotle and Boethius. This paper tries to give an explanation of the reasons why this happens. The explanation is based on the theory of mental models. However, it also resorts to modal logic and the account of the ideas presented by Lenzen. Thus, relating the general framework of the theory of mental models to basic aspects of modal logic and this last account, a possible solution of the problem is proposed.

Keywords : Aristotle’s thesis; Boethius’ thesis; mental models; modal logic; possibility.

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