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a| Charles, David.

a| Aristotle on Meaning and Essence.

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a| Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Meaning, Essence, and Necessity -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 One Form of Modern Essentialism -- 1.3 Problems and Alternatives -- 1.4 Aristotle's Essentialism Introduced -- 1.5 Existence: Further Differences between Aristotle and my Modern Essentialist -- 1.6 Necessity, and Essentiality -- 1.7 Outline of what Follows -- PART I: ARISTOTLE ON SIGNIFICATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND THOUGHT -- 2. Posterior Analytics Β.8-10: the Three-Stage View -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Initial Evidence for the Three-Stage View: Sections [A] and [B] of Β.10 -- 2.3 The First Sentence of Β.10 -- 2.4 Section [B]: The Three-Stage View Developed? -- 2.5 Section [C]: 93[sup(b)]35-37: Varieties of Stage 1 -- 2.6 Sections [D]-[G]: 93[sup(b)]38-94[sup(a)]10: Further Defence of the Liberal Reading of Β.10 -- 2.7 Section [H]: 94[sup(a)]11-14: Aristotle's Summary of Β.10 -- 2.8 Interim Conclusions and Sceptical Challenges* -- 2.9 Semantic Depth -- 2.10 Further Gaps in Aristotle's Account -- 3. Preparation for the Three-Stage View -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Β.792[sup(b)]4-25: Independence Problem -- 3.3. Β.792[sup(a)]34-[sup(b)]3, 19 -25: The Formal Problem Introduced -- 3.4 The Final Argument of Β.7: 92[sup(b)]26-34: Accounts of what Names Signify -- 3.5 Independence Problem Resolved -- 3.6 The Formal Problems Resolved -- 3.7 The Problems of Β.1-2: Their Resolution -- 3.8 Definitions: Theses: Stage 1 Accounts* -- 3.9 Conclusion -- 4. The Signification of Names -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Basis of an Account: Simple Names and their Signification -- 4.3 Goatstags, Non-Simple Names, and Existence -- 4.4 Knowledge, Belief, and Substitution* -- 4.5 Aristotle's Problem -- 4.6 Aristotle's Theory? Its Commitments -- 5. Signification and Thought -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Analogy Introduced.

a| 5.3 The Analogy Developed: Perception and Likening -- 5.4 Perception and Error* -- 5.5 Perception of Common Sensibles: The Causal Model Extended -- 5.6 The Analogy Applied: Thought -- 5.7 The Role of the Active Intellect -- 5.8 Thought and Error* -- 5.9 The Analogy Reconsidered -- 5.10 The Analogy and its Gaps -- 5.11 Thoughts of Objects without Matter* -- 6. Understanding, Thought, and Meaning -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Route to Thought -- 6.3 The Distinctive Nature of Aristotle's Account of Signification -- 6.4 Aristotle and Modern Essentialism -- 6.5 Some Objections* -- 6.6 Conclusion -- PART II: ARISTOTLE ON DEFINITION, ESSENCE, AND NATURAL KINDS -- 7. Definition and Demonstration: The Difficulties Raised in Posterior Analytics B.3-7 -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The First Criticisms of the Method of General Deduction: Β.4 -- 7.3 Further Criticisms of General Deductions: Β.6 -- 7.4 Unity, Division, and Demonstration -- 7.5 Summary -- 8. Demonstration and Definition: Aristotle's Positive Views in Posterior Analytics B.8-10 and B.16-18 -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Demonstration, General Deduction, and Efficient Causation: The Basic Case -- 8.3 Explanation and Essence: Β.16-18: The Basic Model Extended and Refined -- 8.4 The Basic Model Amplified* -- 8.5 The Interdependency of Defining and Explaining -- 8.6 Definition and Explanation: Interdependency and its Problems -- 9. Towards a Unified Theory of Definition: Posterior Analytics B.13-15 -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2. Β.13, 96[sup(a)]20-[sup(b)]14 -- 9.3 Genus as an Explanatory Notion: 96[sup(b)]15-25 -- 9.4 Extension Beyond the Mathematical Case: Biology Introduced* -- 9.5 The Consequences of the General Picture: Explanation and Classification in B.14-15* -- 9.6 Towards a Unified Theory of Definition -- 10. Explanation and Definition: The Basic Model Reconsidered and Refined -- 10.1 Introduction.

a| 10.2 The Importance of the Interdependency of Definition and Explanation -- 10.3 The Origins of Aristotle's Definitional Constraints -- 10.4 Definition and Essence: Questions of Priority -- 10.5 Co-determination, Interdependency, and their Interconnections -- 10.6 Nous and First Principles in Posterior Analytics Β.19 -- 10.7 Issues and Consequences -- 11. Substance, Definition, and Essence -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Hierarchy and Definition: Metaphysics Z.1-12 -- 11.3. Ζ.13-17, H.2: The Introduction to the Explanatory Approach -- 11.4 The Explanatory Approach Continued: Problems in H.6 -- 11.5 The Explanatory Approach Concluded: H.6-10* -- 11.6 Substance and Definition -- 11.7 Conclusions and Gaps -- 12. Biology, Classification, and Essence -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Differentiation of Kinds (1): De Partibus Animalium -- 12.3 Differentiation of Kinds (2): Historia Animalium -- 12.4 Establishing the Existence of Kinds: Stages 2 and 3 -- 12.5 The Essence of Biological Kinds (1): The Analytics Model at Work? -- 12.6 The Essence of Biological Kinds (2): The Paradigm in Danger -- 12.7 The Nature of the Problem -- 12.8 The Essence of Biological Kinds (3): The Conservative Approach* -- 12.9 The Essence of Biological Kinds (4): The Radical Alternatives* -- 12.10 The Essence of Biological Kinds (5): Aristotle's Middle Way? -- 12.11 Conclusion -- 13. Aristotle's Essentialism -- 13.1 Language, Thought, and Essence -- 13.2 Co-determination and Interdependency: Aristotle's Basic Position -- 13.3 The Distinctive Nature of Aristotle's Essentialism. Some Objections -- 13.4 Further Objections to Aristotle's Essentialism -- 13.5 Biological Kinds -- 13.6 Quietism and Silence -- 13.7 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Aristotle on the Principle of Non-Contradiction -- Appendix 2: Essence, Necessity, and the Copula -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index -- A -- B.

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a| David Charles presents a study of Aristotle's views on meaning, essence, necessity, and related topics. These interconnected views are central to Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. They are also highly relevant to current debates in philosophy of language. Charles aims, on the basis of a careful reading of Aristotle's texts and many subsequent works, to reach a clear understanding of his claims and arguments, and to assesstheir truth and their importance to philosophy ancient and modern.

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