Aristotle and the Rehabilitation of Homonymy by Zingano, Marco;

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This is a thorough study of Aristotle?s notion and use of homonymy in his extant works.

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Aristotle argued that scientific investigation depends on well-established genera, from which are revealed fundamental properties. However, the core elements of his philosophy are based on non-generic unities. Being is not a genus; it is divided into ten categories or supreme genera. Being serves as the primary concept in metaphysics, also known as first philosophy. Motion, on the other hand, is categorized into four types and is the central concept in physics, or second philosophy. Similarly, the concept of the good can be understood in multiple categories, just like being, and it forms the central idea of practical philosophy. Aristotle must confront the issue of homonymy at the very foundation of his philosophy. The stakes are high, as he believes that it is things, not words, that are homonymous. This study explores the intriguing route Aristotle takes to justify attributing homonymy to things.

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Foreword

Acknowledgements



Introduction

 1 Aristotle behind the Eight Ball

 2 Homonymy as a Threat

 3 Genera and Universals

 4 For the Most Part Predication

 5 Genos and Science

 Excursus

Part 1: The Inception of the Journey

1 Homonymy in the Categories

 1 The Ontology of the Categories

 2 The Doctrine of Homonymy in Categories



2 Troublemakers

 1 The Meaning of ?????????

 2 Love and the Erotic Urge

 3 The Definition of Pleasure in the Philebus

 4 The Trouble with ?????

Part 2: Aristotle?s Doctrine of Homonymy

3 General Schema

 1 The First Steps

 2 A New Terminology

 3 An Introduction to Homonymy in Aristotle

 4 Homonymy and Incommensurability



4 Hierarchical Homonymies

 1 Focal Meaning

 2 Ordered Series

 3 Subordination



5 Non-hierarchical Homonymies

 1 Analogy

 2 Resemblance



6 Unnamed Kinds

 1 The Object of Physics as a Science

 2 The Basic Kinds of Movement

 3 The Incommensurability of the Basic Kinds of Movement

 4 The Hierarchy between the Different Kinds of Movement

 5 Greek Commentators and the Homonymy of Movement



7 Unrecognised Cases

 1 The Notion of ?????

 2 Defining Emotions

 3 The Bodily Aspect of Emotions

 4 Aspasius on Emotions

 5 Voluntariness and Involuntariness



8 Ousia

 1 Preliminary Remarks and Caveats

 2 A Unified Doctrine of ?????

 3 The First Route to Connect the Two Provinces of Substance

 4 The Second Route

 5 Aristotelian Sortals

 6 Two Kinds of Substance

 7 Sensible and Non-sensible Substances

Appendix 1: Speusippus on Homonymy

Appendix 2: Oneness

Bibliography

Index of Passages

Index of Topics

Index of Proper Names

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