Aristotle on Meaning and Essence

Zusatztext Exegetically and philosophically rich investigation of Aristotle's theories of essence, explanation, significance, psychology, and biological classification. Informationen zum Autor David Charles is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Oriel College, Oxford. Zusammenfassung Charles presents a study of Aristotle's views on meaning, essence, necessity, and related topics. He aims, on the basis of a careful reading of Aristotle's texts and many subsequent works, to reach a clear understanding of his claims and arguments, and to assess their truth and their importance to philosophy ancient and modern.

Product details

• Authors: David Charles, David (Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy Charles
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2000
• EAN: 9780198250708
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825070-8
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies Series; Oxford Aristotle Studies; Oxford Aristotle Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc