Noriega-Olmos Aristotle's Psychology of Signification

A Commentary on "De Interpretatione" 16a 3-18
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-028987-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 303, 195 Seiten

Reihe: Beiträge zur AltertumskundeISSN

This book reconstructs the theory of signification implicit in Aristotle’s De Interpretatione and its psychological background in his writing De Anima, a project often envisioned by scholars but never systematically undertaken.I begin by explaining what sort of phonetic material, according to Aristotle, can be a significans and a phônê. To that end, I provide a physiological account of which animal sounds count as phônê, as well as a psychological evaluation of the cognitive content of the phônai under consideration in De Interpretatione: names, verbs, and assertive sentences.I then turn to noêmata, which, for Aristotle, are the psychological reference and significata of names, verbs and assertive sentences. I explain what, for Aristotle, are the logical properties a significatum must have in order to be signified by the phonetic material of a name, verb or assertive sentence, and why noêmata can fulfil those logical conditions.Finally, I elucidate the significans-significatum relation without making use of the modern semantic triangle. This approach is consonant with Aristotle’s methodology and breaks new ground by exploring the connection between the linguistic and psychological aspects of Aristotle’s theory of signification.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Noriega-Olmos, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Introduction;11
2;1 F...;14
2.1;1.1 The Problem of F...;16
2.2;1.2 Material, Physiological, and Psychological Aspects of F...;26
2.2.1;1.2.1 Physiology of F...;26
2.2.2;1.2.2 Psychological Aspect of F...;29
2.3;1.3 The Psychological Aspect of Vocalized Sound: Fa.tas.a or ...µa;34
2.3.1;1.3.1 Fa.tas.a: Trigger of Vocalized Sound and Information Conveyed by Vocalized Sound;38
2.3.2;1.3.2 Vocalized Sound as Motion;43
2.3.3;1.3.3 Human and Animal F...;46
3;2 S.µei..;52
3.1;2.1 S.µa..e.., S.µei.., and S.µa.t..ó. in Classical Greek;52
3.2;2.2 S.µa..e.., S.µei.., and S.µa.t..ó. in Aristotle;57
3.2.1;2.2.1 Natural and Conventional Signification in Aristotle;60
3.2.2;2.2.2 S.µei.., S.ß...., and ....u.;65
3.3;2.3 Signs Signify Something that is One;71
3.3.1;2.3.1 Signifying T1 and "..;71
3.3.2;2.3.2 Not-Man and Goat-Stag as Significata, T1 and "..;78
3.3.3;2.3.3 Logical Aspects of the Unity of Nominal Definition;80
4;3 The Significatum;86
4.1;3.1 ...µa;86
4.1.1;3.1.1 General Meaning of ???µa;86
4.1.2;3.1.2 ..u., ......a, and d..a in De Interpretatione;91
4.2;3.2 ...µata in De Interpretatione and De Anima;94
4.2.1;3.2.1 Simple and Complex Thoughts;96
4.2.2;3.2.2. Truth and Falsehood in De Interpretatione and De Anima;99
4.2.3;3.2.3 Objects of Thought in De Interpretatione and De Anima;101
4.2.3.1;3.2.3.1 Individuals as Objects of Intellection;102
4.2.3.2;3.2.3.2 Species and Genera as Objects of Intellection;108
4.2.3.3;3.2.3.3 Non-Existent Entities as Objects of Intellection;110
5;4 ...µata in De Interpretatione and De Anima, a New Interpretation of De Interpretatione 16a3 — 8;115
5.1;4.1 De Interpretatione 16a3 — 8: Its Psychological Presuppositions and Its Philosophical Implications;116
5.2;4.2 Psychological Background Suggested by '.µ...µa;117
5.3;4.3 Impact of the Reading '.µ...µa as an Aristotelian Technical Term on the Global Interpretation of 16a3 —9 and ...t..;125
5.4;4.4 ...t.. as a Technical Term and ....µa;134
5.5;4.5 Philosophical Implications of Reading ...t.. as ‘Priomordial’;135
5.6;4.6 Why Thoughts Are the Same for Everybody and why Phantasiai can be Different for Different People;137
5.7;4.7 The Text of De Interpretatione 16a3 —8;143
6;5 .at. S.......;151
6.1;5.1 Arbitrariness;153
6.1.1;5.1.1 Distinctive Features of Human Vocalized Sound and Articulation;153
6.1.2;5.1.2 Consistency between De Interpretatione and De Anima in the Understanding of Vocalized Sounds;166
6.2;5.2 Convention and an Interpretation of De Interpretation 16a21-29 and 16a3-8;169
6.3;5.3 Convention and .....;174
7;Concluding Remarks;181
8;Bibliography;185
9;Name index;194

Über Autor(innen)

Noriega-Olmos, Simon
Simon Noriega-Olmos,University of São Paulo, Brazil.