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Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

Paperback

Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies

PhilosophyLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0199253072
ISBN13: 9780199253074
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Jan 30 2003
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
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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