Aristotle's Theory of Language and Meaning
Aristotle's Theory of Language and Meaning
Deborah K. W. Modrak, University of Rochester, New York
March 2009
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9780521103985
This is a book about Aristotle's philosophy of language, interpreted in a framework that provides a comprehensive interpretation of Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology and science. The aim of the book is to explicate the description of meaning contained in De Interpretatione and to show the relevance of that theory of meaning to much of the rest of Aristotle's philosophy. In the process Deborah Modrak reveals how that theory of meaning has been much maligned. This is a major reassessment of an underestimated aspect of Aristotle that will be of particular interest to classical philosophers, classicists and historians of psychology and cognitive science.
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March 2009Paperback
9780521103985
316 pages
229 × 152 × 18 mm
0.47kg
2 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Language and knowledge:
- 1. Meaning
- 2. Truth and necessary truth
- 3. Language of science
- 4. Three types of science
- Part II. Definition and Essence
- 5. Definition and ontology
- 6. Logos as Substance
- Part III. Cognition and Meaning
- 7. Phantasia and representation
- 8. Abstract thought and meaning
- 9. Conclusions
- Indexes.
