Aristotle on Meaning and Essence
Charles, David Oriel College, University of Oxford
Print publication date: 2002 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925673-0




7 Definition and Demonstration: The Difficulties Raised in Posterior Analytics U+0392.3–7
doi:10.1093/019925673X.003.0008

David Charles
Abstract: Aristotle argues in Posterior Analytics B.3–7 that accounts of definition unsupported by understanding of the explanatory structure of kinds are incapable of giving us knowledge of the nature of kinds. The formal or logical level of analysis needs to be supplemented by considerations drawn from a study of causes.

Keywords: Aristotle, definition, demonstration, natural kinds, Posterior Analytics,

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Full Book Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Meaning, Essence, and Necessity
I Aristotle on Signification, Understanding, and Thought
2 Posterior Analytics B.8–10: The Three-Stage View
3 Preparation for the Three-Stage View
4 The Signification of Names
5 Signification and Thought
6 Understanding, Thought, and Meaning
II Aristotle on Definition, Essence, and Natural Kinds
7 Definition and Demonstration: The Difficulties Raised in Posterior Analytics U+0392.3–7
8 Demonstration and Definition: Aristotle's Positive Views in Posterior Analytics U+0392.8–10 and U+0392.16–18
9 Towards a Unified Theory of Definition: Posterior Analytics U+0392.13–15
10 Explanation and Definition: The Basic Model Reconsidered and Refined
11 Substance, Definition, and Essence
12 Biology, Classification, and Essence
13 Aristotle's Essentialism
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
 
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