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Book SynopsisAt the heart of G. E. L. Owen's work has been a preoccupation with the role of philosophical reflection on language in the metaphysics and epistemology of Plato, Aristotle and other ancient Greek thinkers. Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of G. E. L. Owen, this is a book for specialists in Greek philosophy and philosophers of language which will also be of interest to some linguists.
Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Heraclitus' conceptions of flux, fire and material persistence David Wiggins; 2. Epistemology and meaning in Heraclitus Edward Hussey; 3. The dénouement of the Cratylus Malcolm Schofield; 4. Cratylus' theory of names and its refutation Bernard Williams; 5. Knowledge and language: the Theaetetus and the Cratylus Julia Annas; 6. Falsehood and not-being in Plato's Sophist John McDowell; 7. Forms and dialectic in the second half of the Parmenides Julius M. Moravcsik; 8. Aristotle and the more accurate arguments Gail Fine; 9. Aristotle on the principles of change in Physics I David Bostock; 10. Aristotle on natural teleology John M. Cooper; 11. Accidental unities Gareth B. Matthews; 12. Aristotle's concept of signification T. H. Irwin; 13. Saving Aristotle's appearances Martha Craven Nussbaum; 14. Myths about non-propositional thought Richard Sorabji; 15. Gods and heaps M. F. Burnyeat; Bibliography of the publications of G. E. L. Owen; Indexes.
