Definition in Greek Philosophy

By:

Charles, David

Contributor(s):

Charles, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013Description: 556pISBN:

9780199564453

DDC classification:

N56 C380

Partial contents:

1. Plato on Definition Carried away in the Euthyphro..........31 Explanation and Essence in Plato`s Phaedo................62 The paradox in the Meno and Aristotle`s Attempts to Resolve it......................115 Definition and division in Plato`s Sophist........151 Division and Definition in Plato`s Sophist and Stateman................172 2. Aristotle on Definition Aristotle on Essence and defining -Phrase in his Dialectic ..............203 Nominal Definition in Aristotle .............252 Definition and explanation in the Posterior Analytics and Metaphisics...........286 Bios and Explanatory unity in Aristotle`s Biology..............329 3. Post-Aristotelian writers on Definition The stocis on Definition .......450 Essence and cause in Plotinus Ennead VI.7....................467 Sceptical Enquiry............493

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includes index and biblioraphy

1. Plato on Definition
Carried away in the Euthyphro..........31
Explanation and Essence in Plato`s Phaedo................62
The paradox in the Meno and Aristotle`s Attempts to Resolve it......................115
Definition and division in Plato`s Sophist........151
Division and Definition in Plato`s Sophist and Stateman................172
2. Aristotle on Definition
Aristotle on Essence and defining -Phrase in his Dialectic ..............203
Nominal Definition in Aristotle .............252
Definition and explanation in the Posterior Analytics and Metaphisics...........286
Bios and Explanatory unity in Aristotle`s Biology..............329
3. Post-Aristotelian writers on Definition
The stocis on Definition .......450
Essence and cause in Plotinus Ennead VI.7....................467
Sceptical Enquiry............493

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