Aristotle on homonymy : Dialectic and science / Julie K. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Julie K., 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle--Language.

Aristotle.

Homonyms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Julie K. Ward examines Aristotle's thought regarding how language informs our views of what is real. First she places Aristotle's theory in its historical and philosophical contexts in relation to Plato and Speusippus. Ward then explores Aristotle's theory of language as it is deployed in several works, including Ethics, Topics, Physics, and Metaphysics, so as to consider its relation to dialectical practice and scientific explanation as Aristotle conceived it.

Contents:

Aristotle's theory of homonymy in categories and its precursors

Homonymy in the topics

The concept of related homonymy

The homonymy of being

Physis, philia, and homonymy

Homonymy and science.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-19824-0

1-139-81067-7

1-107-31670-7

1-107-32209-X

1-107-31766-5

1-107-31858-0

1-299-39977-0

1-107-31574-3

0-511-66369-2