Aristotle on Truth

By:

Crivelli, Paolo

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2004Description: 340pISBN:

9780521823289

DDC classification:

N59 C869

Contents:

I An overview of Aristotle's theory of truth 2 Methodology PART I BEARERS OF TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD 1. States of affairs, thoughts, and sentences 1 States of affairs 2 Thoughts 3 Sentences 2. Truth conditions for predicative assertions I Universals 2 Truth and falsehood in de Interpretatione 1 3 Affirmative and negative predicative assertions 4 Assertions about individuals vs assertions about universals 5 Truth and the categories 3. Truth conditions for existential assertions I Existential assertions concerning simple items 2 Non-composite substances 3 Singular existential assertions concerning material substances PART II 'EMPTY' TERMS 4 Truth as correspondence I A correspondence theory of truth? 2 The Liar 5 'Vacuous' terms and 'empty' terms I' Vacuous' subjects or predicates 2 Empty' subjects or predicates 3 One assertion vs many assertions PART III TRUTH AND TIME 6 Truth and change 1 Different truth-values at different times 2 Truth and relatives 3 How far is truth from change? 7 Truth and Determinism in de Interpretatione 9 I The modal attributes and theses involved in Int. 9 2Close textual analysis of Int. 9 3 Alternative interpretations Appendix 1 Metaph. 10, 10511: the text Appendix 2 Metaph. 10, 10512-3: the text Appendix 3 Int. 7, 17°16-18: the text Appendix 4 The two-place relations in Aristotle's definition of truth Appendix 5 Aristotle's theory of truth for predicative assertions: formal presentation Appendix 6 The failure of Bivalence for future-tense assertions: formal presentation

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I An overview of Aristotle's theory of truth
2 Methodology

PART I BEARERS OF TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD
1. States of affairs, thoughts, and sentences
1 States of affairs
2 Thoughts
3 Sentences
2. Truth conditions for predicative assertions
I Universals
2 Truth and falsehood in de Interpretatione 1
3 Affirmative and negative predicative assertions
4 Assertions about individuals vs assertions about universals
5 Truth and the categories
3. Truth conditions for existential assertions
I Existential assertions concerning simple items
2 Non-composite substances
3 Singular existential assertions concerning material substances
PART II 'EMPTY' TERMS
4 Truth as correspondence
I A correspondence theory of truth?
2 The Liar
5 'Vacuous' terms and 'empty' terms
I' Vacuous' subjects or predicates
2 Empty' subjects or predicates
3 One assertion vs many assertions
PART III TRUTH AND TIME
6 Truth and change
1 Different truth-values at different times
2 Truth and relatives
3 How far is truth from change?
7 Truth and Determinism in de Interpretatione 9
I The modal attributes and theses involved in Int. 9
2Close textual analysis of Int. 9
3 Alternative interpretations
Appendix 1 Metaph.
10, 10511: the text
Appendix 2 Metaph.
10, 10512-3: the text
Appendix 3 Int. 7, 17°16-18: the text
Appendix 4 The two-place relations in Aristotle's
definition of truth
Appendix 5 Aristotle's theory of truth for predicative
assertions: formal presentation
Appendix 6 The failure of Bivalence for future-tense
assertions: formal presentation

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