Passage and possibility : a study of Aristotle's modal concepts / by Sarah Waterlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broadie, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Modality (Theory of knowledge).

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages)

Other Title:

Study of Aristotle's modal concepts

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book attempts to expound on Aristotle's views on time and modality. The term ‘attempt’ is used because on either subject Aristotle's thoughts are amongst his least accessible. In the relevant passages we face obscurities of language and occasional dubieties of text. But the main difficulties lie not with these. Often enough the words are clear, yet their import continues to evade systematic philosophical comprehension. To some extent this is true even when Aristotle is considering time and modality as separate topics. But perhaps the most frustrating puzzles arise over various connections he draws between temporal and modal concepts. For if one thing is certain, it is that he sees necessity and possibility as related to time in ways that find no echo in the standard modern treatment of these modalities. The book focuses on the following texts — De Gaela 1.12 and De Interpretatione 9 — and draws on Professor J. Hintikka's series of studies on the relation of modality to time in Aristotle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-168101-6

0-19-824656-0