Aristotle: Semantics and Ontology, Volume 2: The Metaphysics. Semantics in Aristotle's Strategy of Argument

ARISTOTLE: SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGY, Volume 2: The Metaphysics. Semantics in Aristotle\'s Strategy of Argument......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
7. Preliminaries to Metaphysical Enquiry......Page 14
7.1 How to tackle \'scientific\' problems......Page 15
7.11 The predecessors observed and criticized......Page 16
7.12 Wisdom and the knowledge of causes and principles......Page 17
7.13 The general introduction presented in Met. α......Page 20
7.14 Three methodological hints......Page 23
7.15 An infinite chain of causes rejected......Page 24
7.16 How to frame a persuasive argument......Page 25
7.2 The scope and proper method of metaphysics (Met. B)......Page 27
7.21 The proper scope of metaphysical investigation......Page 28
7.22 How to zoom in on causes and principles......Page 30
7.23 Summary of Met. A, α, and Β......Page 34
7.3 Metaphysics assessed among the disciplines (Γ, chs. 1-3)......Page 35
(a) Ἐπιστήμη......Page 36
(c) The phrase τὸ ὄv ἧ ὄv......Page 37
(d) The use of συμβεβηκός (\'coincidental\')......Page 39
7.32 The unity of metaphysics......Page 40
7.33 The convertibility of \'being\' and \'one\'......Page 43
7.4 The semantic strategy revisited......Page 46
7.41 Categorization and using the qua-locution......Page 47
7.42 On the use of the phrase καθ\' ὅλου......Page 49
7.51 The logico-ontological nature, of LNC and LEM......Page 52
7.52 The framing of the two firmest principles......Page 54
7.6 The truth of LNC vindicated elenctically......Page 56
7.7 The eight arguments in favour of LNC......Page 60
7.71 First argument (1006a28-31)......Page 61
7.72 Second argument (1006a31-1007b18). \'To signify one thing\'......Page 62
7.73 Third argument (1007b18-1008a2)......Page 75
7.74 Fourth argument (1008a2-7)......Page 77
7.75 Fifth argument (1008a7-34)......Page 78
7.76 Sixth argument (1008a34-b2)......Page 80
7.77 Seventh argument (1008b2-31)......Page 81
7.78 Eighth argument (1008b31-1009a5)......Page 82
7.79 A corollary on the failures of the Protagorean doctrine......Page 84
7.81 Aristotle\'s strategy of argument......Page 89
7.82 On the relationship between \'real thing\' and \'thing perceived\'......Page 91
7.83 The refutation of the Protagorean thesis completed......Page 93
7.84 Aristotle\'s summary of chs. 3, 1005b8 to 6, 1011b12......Page 98
7.9 The arguments in favour of LEΜ. How to assess them......Page 99
7.91 The seven arguments in support of LEΜ......Page 102
7.93 On some erroneous vieius about things......Page 107
7.94 Recapitulation......Page 109
8.1 The assessment of metaphysics among the theoretical disciplines......Page 111
8.21 The differentiation of \'what is\' (τὸ ὄv)......Page 120
8.22 Some basic misunderstandings concerning Met. Δ 7......Page 121
8.23 Met. Δ 7 taken from the semantic point of view......Page 123
8.31 Συμβεβηκός as defined in Met. Δ 30......Page 130
8.32 Συμβεβηκός as defined in Met. E, chs. 2-3......Page 134
8.41 Falsehood in Met. Δ 29......Page 139
8.42 Antisthenes\'s erroneous semantic position countered......Page 143
8.43 The role of the λόγος-πρᾶγμα issue in the present discussion......Page 146
8.5 \'What-is\' taken as \'what-is-qua-true\' in Met. Ε 4......Page 148
8.51 On the notions \'is-true\' and \'is-not-true\' in Met. A 7......Page 149
8.52 The anatomy of the apophantic expressions instanced......Page 150
8.53 On the purport of chapter Ε 4......Page 152
8.54 \'What-is-qua-true\' as basically being a mental construct......Page 153
8.55 The \'what-is-qua-true\' dismissed......Page 155
9.1 Οὐσία as the primary sense of \'what is\'......Page 161
9.11 What is \'primary being\'?......Page 166
9.12 Finding one\'s way among the common-sense opinions about ούσία......Page 170
9.2 Is the substratum (τὸ ὑποκείμενον) the οὐσία ?......Page 171
9.21 Can the form be called an \'underlying thing\'?......Page 174
9.22 Matter\'s credentials put to the test......Page 175
9.23 Can \'substance\' be \'predicated\' of matter\"?......Page 177
9.24 Matter\'s credentials nullified......Page 179
9.31 The role of the καθ\' αὐτό appellation......Page 180
9.32 On using the ἱμάτιον device......Page 183
9.33 On the definiens as expressing a thing\'s quiddity......Page 187
9.34 An appendix on the notion of \'being-one\' as discussed elsewhere......Page 190
9.35 The discussion of oneness in Met. I, chs. 1-2. Connotative \'one\'......Page 195
9.41 On one-word expressions including an intrinsic determinant......Page 199
9.42 Does a thing\'s quiddity coincide with the particular itselß......Page 201
9.43 The special position of τα καθ\' αὑτὰ λεγόμενα......Page 203
9.44 On the phrase κατ\' ἄλλο λέγεσθαι......Page 205
9.45 To deny the question of 9.42 leads to an infinite regress......Page 207
9.46 On the sameness of a thing and its particular form......Page 208
9.5 An intermezzo on the ontological implications of becoming......Page 210
9.51 On the composite of matter and form......Page 211
9.52 Should matter be included in the definiens ?......Page 212
9.53 The composite is produced, neither matter nor form by themselves......Page 213
9.6 How to overcome some problems of definition......Page 216
9.61 The \'thing itself = quiddity\' thesis discussed from another angle......Page 217
9.62 On the mental status of \'universal forms\'......Page 219
9.63 On the particular status of the immanent form......Page 220
9.64 Again, should matter be included in the definiens ?......Page 223
9.65 The status of \'non-sensible\' objects like \'mathematicals\'......Page 229
9.66 Aristotle\'s summary of the foregoing discussions......Page 235
9.67 The \'first\' or \'immediate\' οὐσία......Page 236
9.68 What makes a definiens one definite thing?......Page 239
9.7 No universal is οὐσία......Page 242
9.71 Aristotle\'s key problem concerning particular forms......Page 243
9.72 The case of the universal dismissed......Page 244
9.73 On the communion of forms......Page 248
9.74 No particular can be properly defined......Page 249
9.75 On commonness as alien to true ousia......Page 253
10.1 The οὐσία = εἶδος thesis corroborated once more......Page 257
10.2 A further assessment of matter as \'material constitution\'......Page 262
10.3 On form, differentia, and actuality......Page 265
10.4 Again, the problem of defining things properly......Page 267
10.5 Some observations on the identification of material constituents......Page 276
10.6 The unity of the definiens finally stated......Page 279
10.7 An excursus on three controversial issues in Met. Z-H......Page 285
10.71 Again, the particular status of the immanent form......Page 286
10.72 The enmattered form as the principle of individuation......Page 293
10.73 The adoption of form and matter in the definiens......Page 295
10.74 Is a composite, indefinable?......Page 296
10.75 Two kinds of definiens to be distinguished......Page 298
10.76 The role οf γένος in the constitution of natural things......Page 300
10.8 Ancient and Medieval commentators on these issues......Page 301
10.81 The Ancient commentators......Page 302
10.82 The Arab commentators Avicenna and, Averroes......Page 304
10.83 Thomas Aquinas......Page 305
10.84 John Buridan......Page 310
11. Actual and Potential Being. The Mathematicals......Page 315
11.11 Actuality and potentiality assessed......Page 317
11.12 When can what is actually [x] be named \'a potential [y]\'?......Page 319
11.13 On a similar use of the ἐκεῖνο-ἐκείνινον device in Met. Ζ 7......Page 322
11.14 On naming something after its potential status......Page 326
11.15 On naming something after its material constitution......Page 327
11.16 The actual thing\'s priority over its potential counterpart......Page 332
11.17 Some additional remarks about potentiality and actuality......Page 336
11.2 True and false as ontic properties......Page 337
11.21 The proper subject of Θ 10......Page 338
11.22 The ontic truth of σύνθετα......Page 341
11.23 The ontic truth of ἀσύνθετα......Page 342
11.24 A summary of the two kinds of truth......Page 346
11.3 The main outcome of Books ΖΗΘ......Page 347
11.4 An excursus on ontic, truth and non-propositional thought......Page 350
11.5 Some relevant passages from Met. M and Ν......Page 352
11.51 Do eternal immaterial Substances exist ?......Page 353
11.52 On the status of mathematical entities......Page 354
11.53 Aristotle\'s own view of the status of mathematicals......Page 356
11.54 No separate existence should be assigned to universals......Page 358
11.55 The problem of universals......Page 359
11.56 Can eternal things be composed of elementary parts ?......Page 363
12.1 Status quaestionis......Page 367
12.2 The gamut of arguments used in the works on living nature......Page 371
12.3 The works on natural philosophy......Page 377
12.31 The discussions concerning Time in Phys. IV......Page 380
12.32 Aristotle\'s definition of χρqoνος. Its elliptic semantic area......Page 384
12.33 The exceptionally complex semantics of χρόνος......Page 387
12.34 The ontological connotation of χρόνος. The use of the ὅ ποτε ὄv clause......Page 388
12.35 The nature of Time itself. The epistemological connotation......Page 392
12.36 Further observations about Time in chs. 12-14......Page 394
12.37 The problem of \'Prime matter\' in Aristotle......Page 397
12.38 [X]\'s being [y]\'s matter\' taken as [x]\'s special mode of being......Page 399
12.39 The putative main witness for \'prime matter\' in GC 13......Page 405
13.0 Introductory......Page 409
13.1 The unity of metaphysics......Page 411
13.11 The unicity of hyparxis......Page 412
13.12 Ontological unity vs. logico-semantic diversity......Page 414
13.2 The method: focalization and categorization......Page 416
13.21 The usual apophantic approach......Page 417
13.22 Does the onomastic approach salvage unitary being?......Page 418
13.3 Focalization and categorization in practiceIs Aristotle an \'astonishing man\'?......Page 424
Commentaria in Aristotelem graeca edita consilio et auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae Borussicae (CAG)......Page 430
After 1600......Page 431
Index Locorum......Page 445
Index Nominum......Page 481
Index Verborum et Rerum......Page 490
Back Matter......Page 512