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Aristotle's De interpretatione : contradiction and dialectic /

Whitaker presents a systematic study of one of Aristotle's central works, using a detailed chapter by chapter analysis to offer a radical new view of its aims, structure and place in Aristotle's system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitaker, C. W. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
Colección:Oxford Aristotle studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Title
  • 2. Chapter 1: Significant Utterances
  • 1. Words, Thoughts, and Things
  • 2. Truth and Falsehood
  • 3. Chapters 2-3: The Name and Verb
  • 1. The Structure of Chapters 2 and 3
  • 2. Simple and Compound Words
  • 3. Human Speech and Inarticulate Utterances
  • 4. The Role of Names and Verbs in the Assertion
  • 5. Indefinite Names and Verbs
  • 6. Inflexions of Names and Verbs
  • 4. Chapter 4: Phrases and Assertions
  • 5. Chapter 5: Simple and Compound Assertions
  • 6. Chapter 6: Contradictory Pairs.
  • 7. Chapter 7: The First Exception to RCP
  • Singular and Universal Assertions
  • 8. Chapter 8: The Second Exception to RCP
  • Hidden Complex Assertions
  • 1. Two Assertions Hidden in One
  • 2. Unanswerable Questions: The Dialectical Background
  • 9. Chapter 9: The Third Exception to RCP
  • Future Singular Assertions
  • 1. The Argument for Fatalism
  • 2. Aristotle's Solution and its Bearing on Dialectic
  • 3. The Scholarly Debate
  • 10. Chapter 10: Three Types of Assertions
  • 1. The Composition of Assertions
  • 2. The First Type of Assertions: ""Man is""
  • 3. The Second Type of Assertions: ""Man is Just""
  • 4. The Third Type of Assertions: ""Man Walks""
  • 5. Inferences, Negations, and Word Order
  • 11. Chapter 11: Sophistic Puzzles concerning Simple and Complex Assertions
  • 12. Chapter 12: Modal Assertions
  • 13. Chapter 13: More on Modal Assertions
  • 14. Chapter 14: Contrary Beliefs
  • 15. Conclusion
  • Appendix I. The Principle of Contradiction in Metaphysics Gamma
  • 1. First Principles
  • 2. The Refutation Proof
  • 3. The Definiteness of Signification
  • 4. The Refutation Completed
  • Appendix II. The Substitution of Phrases for Words.
  • Appendix III. Signification and Definition
  • 1. The Problem of Definition
  • 2. Aristotle's Solution
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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