Christopher Shields

Order in Multiplicity

Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

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Produktbeschreibung

Aristotle attaches particular significance to the homomyny of many of the central concepts in philosophy and science: that is, to the diversity of ways of being that are denoted by a single concept. Shields here 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. Then, in a series of case studies, he examines in detail some of Aristotle's principal applications of homonymy--to the body, sameness and oneness, life, goodness, and being. This first full-length study of a central aspect of Aristotle's thought will interest philosophers working in a number of areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780199253074
• ISBN-10: 0199253072
• Artikelnr.: 21572689

Autorenporträt

Christopher Shields is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Homonymy as Such
1: The Varieties of Homonymy
2: The Promises and Problems of Homonymy
3: Signification
4: Core-Dependent Homonymy
Part II: Homonymy at Work
5: The Body
6: Oneness, Sameness, and Referential Opacity
7: The Meaning of Life
8: Goodness
Afterword: Homonymy's Promise Reconsidered
Index Locorum
General Index
Bibliography