Aristotle on meaning and essence/
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford:
Clarendon Press,
2000
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| Series: | Oxford Aristotle studies
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Meaning, Essence, and Necessity
- Pt. I. Aristotle on Signification, Understanding, and Thought. 2. Posterior Analytics B.8-10: the Three-Stage View. 3. Preparation for the Three-Stage View. 4. The Signification of Names. 5. Signification and Thought. 6. Understanding, Thought, and Meaning
- Pt. II. Aristotle on Definition, Essence, and Natural Kinds. 7. Definition and Demonstration: The Difficulties Raised in Posterior Analytics B.3-7. 8. Demonstration and Definition: Aristotle's Positive Views in Posterior Analytics B.8-10 and B.16-18. 9. Towards a Unified Theory of Definition: Posterior Analytics B.13-15. 10. Explanation and Definition: The Basic Model Reconsidered and Refined. 11. Substance, Definition, and Essence. 12. Biology, Classification, and Essence. 13. Aristotle's Essentialism
- App.1. Aristotle on the Principle of Non-Contradiction
- App.2. Essence, Necessity, and the Copula.