05518nam 2200793Ia 450 991077810120332120230422045903.00-19-159718-X97866120521010-19-152027-61-282-05210-1(CKB)1000000000756411(EBL)3053381(OCoLC)654735480(SSID)ssj0000105538(PQKBManifestationID)11991007(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105538(PQKBWorkID)10104801(PQKB)10192376(SSID)ssj0000085417(PQKBManifestationID)11998253(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085417(PQKBWorkID)10024716(PQKB)11278413(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075541(MiAaPQ)EBC3053381(Au-PeEL)EBL3053381(CaPaEBR)ebr10288483(CaONFJC)MIL205210(MiAaPQ)EBC7036081(Au-PeEL)EBL7036081(EXLCZ)99100000000075641120000330d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAristotle on meaning and essence[electronic resource] /David CharlesOxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (427 p.)Oxford Aristotle studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-925673-X 0-19-825070-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-397) and indexes.""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Meaning, Essence, and Necessity""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 One Form of Modern Essentialism""; ""1.3 Problems and Alternatives""; ""1.4 Aristotle's Essentialism Introduced""; ""1.5 Existence: Further Differences between Aristotle and my Modern Essentialist""; ""1.6 Necessity, and Essentiality""; ""1.7 Outline of what Follows""; ""PART I: ARISTOTLE ON SIGNIFICATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND THOUGHT""; ""2. Posterior Analytics Î?.8â€?10: the Three-Stage View""; ""2.1 Introduction""""2.2 Initial Evidence for the Three-Stage View: Sections [A] and [B] of Î?.10""""2.3 The First Sentence of Î?.10""; ""2.4 Section [B]: The Three-Stage View Developed?""; ""2.5 Section [C]: 93[sup(b)]35â€?37: Varieties of Stage 1""; ""2.6 Sections [D]â€?[G]: 93[sup(b)]38â€?94[sup(a)]10: Further Defence of the Liberal Reading of Î?.10""; ""2.7 Section [H]: 94[sup(a)]11â€?14: Aristotle's Summary of Î?.10""; ""2.8 Interim Conclusions and Sceptical Challenges*""; ""2.9 Semantic Depth""; ""2.10 Further Gaps in Aristotle's Account""; ""3. Preparation for the Three-Stage View""; ""3.1 Introduction""""3.2 Î?.792[sup(b)]4â€?25: Independence Problem""""3.3. Î?.792[sup(a)]34â€?[sup(b)]3, 19 â€?25: The Formal Problem Introduced""; ""3.4 The Final Argument of Î?.7: 92[sup(b)]26â€?34: Accounts of what Names Signify""; ""3.5 Independence Problem Resolved""; ""3.6 The Formal Problems Resolved""; ""3.7 The Problems of Î?.1â€?2: Their Resolution""; ""3.8 Definitions: Theses: Stage 1 Accounts*""; ""3.9 Conclusion""; ""4. The Signification of Names""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 The Basis of an Account: Simple Names and their Signification""; ""4.3 Goatstags, Non-Simple Names, and Existence""""4.4 Knowledge, Belief, and Substitution*""""4.5 Aristotle's Problem""; ""4.6 Aristotle's Theory? Its Commitments""; ""5. Signification and Thought""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 The Analogy Introduced""; ""5.3 The Analogy Developed: Perception and Likening""; ""5.4 Perception and Error*""; ""5.5 Perception of Common Sensibles: The Causal Model Extended""; ""5.6 The Analogy Applied: Thought""; ""5.7 The Role of the Active Intellect""; ""5.8 Thought and Error*""; ""5.9 The Analogy Reconsidered""; ""5.10 The Analogy and its Gaps""; ""5.11 Thoughts of Objects without Matter*""""6. Understanding, Thought, and Meaning""""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 The Route to Thought""; ""6.3 The Distinctive Nature of Aristotle's Account of Signification""; ""6.4 Aristotle and Modern Essentialism""; ""6.5 Some Objections*""; ""6.6 Conclusion""; ""PART II: ARISTOTLE ON DEFINITION, ESSENCE, AND NATURAL KINDS""; ""7. Definition and Demonstration: The Difficulties Raised in Posterior Analytics B.3â€?7""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 The First Criticisms of the Method of General Deduction: Î?.4""; ""7.3 Further Criticisms of General Deductions: Î?.6""""7.4 Unity, Division, and Demonstration""This volume presents a study of Aristotle's views on meaning essence and necessity. It aims, through reading his texts, to reach a clear understanding of his claims and arguments and to assess their truth and importance to philosophy.Oxford Aristotle studies.Meaning (Philosophy)Essentialism (Philosophy)Necessity (Philosophy)Meaning (Philosophy)Essentialism (Philosophy)Necessity (Philosophy)185Charles David(David Owain Maurice)376464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778101203321Aristotle on meaning and essence1087509UNINA