On Aristotle Prior analytics 1.32-46 Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Ian Mueller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, of Aphrodisias, author.

Contributor:

Mueller, Ian, editor.

Series:

Ancient commentators on Aristotle

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Alexander, of Aphrodisias.

Alexander.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages).

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury Academic 2013.

Summary:

"The last 14 chapters of book 1 of Aristotle's 'Prior Analytics' are concerned with the representation in the formal language of syllogistic of propositions and arguments expressed in more or less everyday Greek. In his commentary on those chapters, 'Alexander of Aphrodisias' explains some of Aristotle's more opaque assertions and discusses post-Aristotelian ideas in semantics and the philosophy of language. In doing so he provides an unusual insight into the way in which these disciplines developed in the Hellenistic era. He also shows a more sophisticated understanding of these fields than Aristotle himself, while remaining a staunch defender of Aristotle's emphasis on meaning as opposed to Stoics concern with verbal formulation. In his commentary on the final chapter of book 1 Alexander offers a thorough discussion of Aristotle's distinction between denying that something is, e.g., white and asserting that it is non-white."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Notes:

First published in 2008 by Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd

Includes bibliographical references and index

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement

ISBN:

9781472551634

OCLC:

1138648724