Order in Multiplicity

Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

Autor: Christopher Shields

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Väzba: Brožovaná

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Aristotle attaches particular significance to the homonymy of many central concepts in philosophy an...

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Autor

Christopher Shields

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2002

Stránok

304

EAN

9780199253074

ISBN

0199253072

Enbook ID

04530443

Vydavateľ

Oxford University Press

Hmotnosť

450

Rozmery

155 x 233 x 17

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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 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, Shields examines in detail some of Aristotle's principal applications of homonymy--to the body, sameness and oneness, life, goodness, and being. Shields's aim is not only to give a fuller understanding of Aristotle's methodology and to illuminate his specific doctrines in a variety of areas, but to show that this methodology remains fruitful today.

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