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Order in multiplicity : homonymy in the philosophy of Aristotle /

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The author investigates and evaluates Aristotle's approach to questions about homonymy, characterizing the metaphysical and semantic commitments necessary to establish the homonymy of a given concept.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shields, Christopher John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; Clarendeon Press : New York : Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:Oxford Aristotle studies.
Subjects:
Aristotle.
Aristote > Et la méthodologie.
Aristotle
Methodology > History.
Méthodologie > Histoire.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Methodology
Semantiek.
Ontologie (filosofie)
Homoniemen.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The varieties of homonymy
  • The promises and problems of homonymy
  • Homonymy and signification
  • Core-dependent homonymy
  • The body
  • Oneness, sameness, and referential opacity
  • The meaning of life
  • Goodness
  • The homonymy of being.