Aristotle's Theory of Language and Meaning

Deborah K. W. Modrak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-10398-5 (ISBN)

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This is a book about Aristotle's philosophy of language, interpreted in a framework that provides a comprehensive interpretation of Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology and science. The aim of the book is to explicate the description of meaning contained in De Interpretatione and to show the relevance of that theory of meaning to much of the rest of Aristotle's philosophy. In the process Deborah Modrak reveals how that theory of meaning has been much maligned. This is a major reassessment of an underestimated aspect of Aristotle that will be of particular interest to classical philosophers, classicists and historians of psychology and cognitive science.

Part I. Language and knowledge: 1. Meaning; 2. Truth and necessary truth; 3. Language of science; 4. Three types of science; Part II. Definition and Essence; 5. Definition and ontology; 6. Logos as Substance; Part III. Cognition and Meaning; 7. Phantasia and representation; 8. Abstract thought and meaning; 9. Conclusions; Indexes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2009
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	470 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
ISBN-10	0-521-10398-3 / 0521103983
ISBN-13	978-0-521-10398-5 / 9780521103985
Zustand	Neuware