Aristotle's De Interpretatione: Contradiction and Dialectic - Couverture rigide

Whitaker, C. W. A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198236190 ISBN 13 : 9780198236191

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Aristotle's treatise De Interpretatione is one of his central works; it continues to be the focus of much attention and debate. C. W. A. Whitaker presents the first systematic study of this work, and offers a radical new view of its aims, its structure, and its place in Aristotle's system, basing this view upon a detailed chapter-by-chapter analysis.

By treating the work systematically, rather than concentrating on certain selected passages, Dr Whitaker is able to show that, contrary to traditional opinion, it forms an organized and coherent whole. He argues that the De Interpretatione is intended to provide the underpinning for dialectic, the system of argument by question and answer set out in Aristotle's Topics ; and he rejects the traditional view that the De Interpretatione concerns the assertion and is oriented towards the formal logic of the Prior Analytics. In doing so, he sheds valuable new light on some of Aristotle's most famous texts.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

C. W. A. Whitaker was trained in classics and philosophy at the Universities of Cambridge and Chicago; he is now Research Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198236190
• ISBN 13: 9780198236191
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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