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The sea battle and the master argument : Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the metaphysics of the future / by Richard Gaskin.

DGBA Philosophy 1990 - 1999 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gaskin, Richard, 1960-
Series:
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 40
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 0344-8142 ; 40
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aristotle. De interpretatione--9.
Aristotle.
Diodorus Cronus, active 4th century B.C.
Diodorus Cronus.
Future (Logic)--Early works to 1800.
Future (Logic).
Fate and fatalism--Early works to 1800.
Fate and fatalism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (420 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2010
Place of Publication:
New York : W. de Gruyter, 1995.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Sea Battle and the Master Argument: Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future (Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie)
Contents:
Frontmatter
1 Preliminaries: Terminology and Notation
2 Aristotle and the Future Sea Battle: Introduction
3 The Opening Moves
4 The Fatalist's Arguments
5 Aristotle's Response: a First Approximation
6 Bivalence and Determinism
7 The Worn-out Cloak and the Principle of Plenitude
8 From Truth to Necessity: the Theory
9 From Truth to Necessity: Aristotelian Texts
10 Simple and Hypothetical Necessity
11 From Truth to Necessity: Peripatetic Texts
12 The Commentators' Interpretation of De Interpretatione 9
13 Some Formalities
14 Metaphysics E.3 on Causal Determinism: a Comparison
15 Reconstructing the Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus: Introduction
16 Gassendi's Proposal: a First Attempt
17 The Reconstructions of Zeller and Hintikka
18 Prior's Reconstruction
19 The Consistency and Plausibility Constraints
20 Barreau's 'Stoic' and 'Diodorean' Reconstructions
21 Vuillemin's Reconstruction
22 The Proposed Reconstruction
23 The Responses of Cleanthes and Chrysippus
24 Diodorus and Cicero
25 Diodorus and Aristotle
Appendix 1: Some Arabic and Medieval Interpretations of De Interpretatione 9
Appendix 2: Alexander on Foreknowledge and Contingency: DeFato 30-1
Appendix 3: [Alexander] Quaestio 1.4
Bibliography
Index of Passages Cited from Ancient Authors
Index of Arabic and Medieval Authors
Index of Modern Authors
General Index
Backmatter
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
ISBN:
9783110866346
311086634X
OCLC:
843635390

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