Definition in Greek Philosophy

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-956445-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g

Focuses on an important but much neglected area of Greek philosophy
Contains essays from leading philosophers in the field
All essays published here for the first time

Socrates' greatest philosophical contribution was to have initiated the search for definitions. In Definition in Greek Philosophy his views on definition are examined, together with those of his successors, including Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Galen, the Sceptics and Plotinus. Although definition was a major pre-occupation for many Greek philosophers, it has rarely been treated as a separate topic in ist own right in recent years. This volume, which contains fourteen new essays by leading scholars, aims to reawaken interest in a number of central and relatively unexplored issues concerning definition. These issues are briefly set out in the Introduction, which also seeks to point out scholarly and philosophical questions which merit further study.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and advanced students of philosophy, particularly ancient philosophy and metaphysics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charles, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

David Charles: Introduction
Part A: Plato on definition
1: Lindsay Judson: Carried Away in the Euthyphro
2: Vasilis Politis: Explanation and Essence in Plato's Phaedo
3: David Charles: The Paradox in the Meno and Aristotle's Attempts to Resolve it
4: Lesley Brown: Division and Definition in the Sophist
5: Mary Louise Gill: Division and Definition in Plato's Sophist and Statesman
Part B: Aristotle on Definition
6: Kei Chiba: Aristotle on Essence and Defining Phrase in his Dialectic
7: Deborah Modrak: Nominal Definition in Aristotle, his successors and his predecessors
8: David Charles: Definition and Explanation in the Posterior Analytics (and beyond)
9: James Lennox: Bios and Explanatory Unity in Aristotle's Biology
Part C: Post-Aristotelian writers on definition
10: Paolo Crivelli: The Stoics on Definition
11: Richard Sorabji: The Aristotelian Commentators on Definition
12: Jane Hood: Galen's Aristotelian definitions
13: Annamaria Schiaparelli: Definition and Explanation in Plotinus: Some Problems
14: Gail Fine: Sceptical enquiry

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by David Charles, University of Oxford

Contributors:
Lesley Brown, University of Oxford
David Charles, University of Oxford
Kei Chiba, Hokkaido University
Paolo Crivelli, University of Oxford
Gail Fine, Cornell University and University of Oxford
Mary Louise Gill, Brown University
Jane Hood, University of Oxford
Lindsay Judson, University of Oxford
James Lennox, University of Pittsburgh
Deborah Modrak, University of Rochester
Vasilis Politis, Trinity College, Dublin
Annamaria SchiaparelliUniversity of Oxford
Richard Sorabji, University of Oxford and New York University