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| Aristotle (384–322 BCE): Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. Born in Stagira. Major works include "Nicomachean Ethics," "Politics," and "Metaphysics." Pioneered fields such as ethics, metaphysics, logic, and natural sciences. Student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. Influential in shaping Western philosophy.
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| Synthesis, philosophy: synthesis is the composition of entities (objects, substances, words, sentences, representations) into a structure which exhibits new qualities opposing these parts. In contrast, the analysis provides the division of a composition into its components. See also analyticity/syntheticity, synthetic, analytical, analysis, emergence._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Aristotle | Synthesis | Aristotle | |
| Bubner, Rüdiger | Synthesis | Bubner | |
| Kant, Immanuel | Synthesis | Kant | |
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