Order in Multiplicity Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

Name: Order in Multiplicity Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle
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ISBN: 9780198237150

ISBN-10: 0198237154

ISBN-13: 9780198237150

Edition: 1999

Authors: Christopher Shields

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Aristotle attaches particular significance to the homonymy of many central concepts in philosophy and science: that is, to the diversity of ways of being common to a single general concept. His preoccupation with homonymy influences his approach to almost every subject that he considers, and it clearly structures the philosophical methodology that he employs both when criticizing others and when advancing his own positive theories. Where there is homonymy there is multiplicity: Aristotle aims to find the order within this multiplicity, and believes that doing so is crucial to scientific inquiry and philosophical progress. Christopher Shields investigates and evaluates Aristotle's approach…

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List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Homonymy as Such



The Varieties of Homonymy



The Promises and Problems of Homonymy



Signification



Core-Dependent Homonymy



Homonymy at Work



The Body



Oneness, Sameness, and Referential Opacity



The Meaning of Life



Goodness



Being


Afterword: Homonymy's Promise Reconsidered


Index Locorum


General Index


Bibliography