商品簡介
Based on his analysis of core components of Aristotle's semantics as expounded in the Organon , de Rijk (emeritus, ancient and medieval philosophy, U. of Leiden) argues that the attribution of inconsistencies to the philosopher is due to modern misinterpretations of "prediction" as the key theme of his metaphysics rather than "existence." Via a running commentary on the work's main lines with the aid of quotation and paraphrase, the author seeks to remedy such faulty exegesis by analyzing statement-making at a deep structural level; rendering the underlying semantics more explicit; identifying categorization and focalization as the backbone of Aristotelian logic; and presenting further evidence for the consistency of his "semantic behavior." Translations are partly those of the author. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
L.M. de Rijk, is Professor Emeritus of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the University of Leiden, and Honorary Professor at the University of Maastricht. He was a member of the Dutch Parliament (Senate, 1956-91; Deputy Speaker 1980-91), and is a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW). He is the author of a large number of publications on Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, including Plato's Sophist. A Philosophical Commentary (1984), The Letters of Nicholas of Autrecourt (Brill, 1985) and Giraldus Odonis, Opera philosophica (Brill, 1997).
