Aristotelianism is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of nature and natural law. It answers why-questions by a scheme of four causes, including purpose or teleology, and emphasizes virtue ethics.

What is Aristotelian concept?

In aesthetics, ethics, and politics, Aristotelian thought holds that poetry is an imitation of what is possible in real life; that tragedy, by imitation of a serious action cast in dramatic form, achieves purification (katharsis) through fear and pity; that virtue is a middle between extremes; that human happiness ...

What does anti Aristotelian mean?

The denial of the proposition that motion is intrinsically motivated by matter. (A brick falls because it wants to be at the lowest point.) Knowledge obtained from practical experience over that learned from authorities.