TY - BOOK ID - 3054746 TI - Aristotle on definition PY - 2007 VL - 109 SN - 00791687 SN - 9789004156692 9004156690 9786611921118 1281921114 9047420586 9789047420583 9781281921116 6611921117 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Logic KW - Definition (Philosophy) KW - Logique KW - Définition (Philosophie) KW - Early works to 1800. KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Ouvrages avant 1800 KW - Aristotle KW - Language and languages KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Science KW - Ontology KW - Pragmatism KW - Philosophy. KW - Methodology KW - Philosophy KW - Aristotle. KW - Definition (Philosophy). KW - Définition (Philosophie) KW - Definability KW - Definition (Logic) KW - Undefinability KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Aristoteles KW - Aristote KW - Aristotile KW - Aristoteles. KW - Arisṭāṭṭil KW - Aristo, KW - Aristotel KW - Aristotele KW - Aristóteles, KW - Aristòtil KW - Arisṭū KW - Arisṭūṭālīs KW - Arisutoteresu KW - Arystoteles KW - Ya-li-shih-to-te KW - Ya-li-ssu-to-te KW - Yalishiduode KW - Yalisiduode KW - Ἀριστοτέλης KW - Αριστοτέλης KW - Аристотел KW - ארסטו KW - אריםטו KW - אריסטו KW - אריסטוטלס KW - אריסטוטלוס KW - אריסטוטליס KW - أرسطاطاليس KW - أرسططاليس KW - أرسطو KW - أرسطوطالس KW - أرسطوطاليس KW - ابن رشد KW - اريسطو KW - Pseudo Aristotele KW - Pseudo-Aristotle KW - アリストテレス KW - Language and languages - Philosophy. KW - Logic - Early works to 1800. KW - Knowledge, Theory of - Early works to 1800. KW - Definition (Philosophy) - Early works to 1800. KW - Science - Methodology - Early works to 1800. KW - Science - Philosophy - Early works to 1800. KW - Ontology - Early works to 1800. KW - Language and languages - Philosophy - Early works to 1800. KW - Pragmatism - Early works to 1800. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3054746 AB - This book argues that Aristotle offers us a consistent theory of definition, according to which a particular type of definition – one which states the formal cause of a simple item – is fundamental. It begins by considering definitions as indemonstrable first principles in demonstrations, and inquires how such definitions can have the certainty required by that role. Later chapters look to the Metaphysics to understand how the unity of definitions guarantees their certainty, and to the Topics to discover why definitions must be formulated in terms of the genus and differentia(e) of the object defined. This work contributes to our understanding of the connection between the function of definition in demonstration and its character as a statement of essence. ER -