{"product_id":"aristotles-psychology-of-signification-a-commentary-on-de-interpretatione-16a-3-18-von-simon-noriega-olmos","title":"Aristotle's Psychology of Signification","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        This book reconstructs the theory of signification implicit in Aristotle’s \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDe Interpretatione\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         and its psychological background in his writing \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        , a project often envisioned by scholars but never systematically undertaken.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        I begin by explaining what sort of phonetic material, according to Aristotle, can be a \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003esignificans\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         and a \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003ephônê\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        . To that end, I provide a physiological account of which animal sounds count as \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003ephônê\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        , as well as a psychological evaluation of the cognitive content of the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003ephônai \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        under consideration in \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDe Interpretatione\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        : names, verbs, and assertive sentences.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        I then turn to \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003enoêmata\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        , which, for Aristotle, are the psychological reference and \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003esignificata\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         of names, verbs and assertive sentences. I explain what, for Aristotle, are the logical properties a \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003esignificatum\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         must have in order to be signified by the phonetic material of a name, verb or assertive sentence, and why \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003enoêmata\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         can fulfil those logical conditions.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        Finally, I elucidate the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003esignificans\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        -\n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003esignificatum\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         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.\n                    \n                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783110287653\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Commentary on \"De Interpretatione\" 16a 3-18\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783110287653","offer_id":51760446278,"sku":"9783110287653","price":109.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/d177d15e-91bb-4493-a669-b3086dcb25c2.jpg?v=1778043205","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/aristotles-psychology-of-signification-a-commentary-on-de-interpretatione-16a-3-18-von-simon-noriega-olmos","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}