ABSTRACT
In APr 1.44 Aristotle considers “arguments on the basis of a hypothesis.” He deals first with arguments that are “agreed to by way of a compact,” and then with those that “reach their conclusion by way of the impossible.” The chapter ends with a promise: “Many other arguments reach their conclusion on the basis of a hypothesis. We should consider them and mark them out clearly. We shall say later what varieties of them there are and in how many ways arguments can rest on a hypothesis” (APr 50a39-b2).
