Aristotle on Truth
Aristotle on Truth
Aristotle's theory of truth, which has been the most influential account of the concept of truth from Antiquity onwards, spans several areas of philosophy: philosophy of language, logic, ontology and epistemology. In this 2004 book, Paolo Crivelli discusses all the main aspects of Aristotle's views on truth and falsehood. He analyses in detail the main relevant passages, addresses some well-known problems of Aristotelian semantics, and assesses Aristotle's theory from the point of view of modern analytic philosophy. In the process he discusses most of the literature on Aristotle's semantic theory to have appeared in the last two centuries. His book vindicates and clarifies the often repeated claim that Aristotle's is a correspondence theory of truth. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers working in both ancient philosophy and modern philosophy of language.
- This monograph is dedicated exclusively to Aristotle's theory of truth and so fills a gap in the secondary literature on Aristotle
- Offers a rigourous analysis and assessment of the philosophical arguments and those that Aristotle puts forward with regard to truth and falsehood
- Reports and comments on all the main Aristotelian passages that concern truth
Reviews & endorsements
"We cannot fail to appreciate the care with which the author approaches his subject, the tremendous amount of scholarship which has gone into his work and the fact that the discussion never shies away from modern theories. Overall, this is a valuable addition to Aristotelian scholarship, and it is bound to become an extremely useful tool for those working on the issues with which it deals."
-Christos Y. Panayides, The University of Nicosia, Ancient Philosophy
Product details
June 2007Paperback
9780521036474
356 pages
228 × 153 × 15 mm
0.534kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the text
- List of abbreviations of titles of Aristotle's works
- Introduction
- Part I. Bearers of Truth or Falsehood:
- 1. States of affairs, thoughts and sentences
- 2. Truth conditions for predicative assertions
- 3. Truth conditions for existential assertions
- Part II. 'Empty' Terms:
- 4. Truth as correspondence
- 5. 'Vacuous' terms and 'empty' terms
- Part III. Truth and Time:
- 6. Truth and change
- 7. Truth and determinism in de Interpretatione 9
- Appendices
- References
- Index of names
- Index of subjects
- Index of passages.
