Aristotle on meaning and essence /

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Author / Creator:	Charles, David (David Owain Maurice)
Imprint:	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 410 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford Aristotle studies Oxford Aristotle studies.
Subject:	Aristotle. Aristotle. Meaning (Philosophy) Essentialism (Philosophy) Necessity (Philosophy) Essentialism (Philosophy) Meaning (Philosophy) Necessity (Philosophy) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11227070

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ISBN:	9780191520273 0191520276 9780191597183 019159718X 0198250703 9780198250708 019925673X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	"David Charles presents a study of Aristotle's views on meaning, essence, and necessity. Aristotle's discussions of these interconnected topics are central to his account of thought and language, his metaphysics, and his study of biology. They are also of continuing philosophical importance, with considerable relevance for modern debates on these issues. Charles aims, on the basis of a careful and detailed reading of Aristotle's texts, to reach a clear understanding of his distinctive claims and arguments, and to assess their value and significance. He argues that Aristotle's account is distinct from the one often described and attacked as 'Aristotelian essentialism'. Indeed, in Charles's view, it enjoys some advantages over more recent attempts to formulate and defend essentialist theses."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Charles, David (David Owain Maurice). Aristotle on meaning and essence. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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