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The Logic of Being: Historical Studies
. Ed(S): Knuuttila, Professor Simo; Hintikka, Jaakko
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paperback. Editor(s): Knuuttila, Professor Simo; Hintikka, Jaakko. Series: Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
The last twenty years have seen remarkable developments in our understanding of how the ancient Greek thinkers handled the general concept of being and its several varieties. The most general examination of the meaning of the Greek verb 'esti'/'einai'/'on' both in common usage and in the philosophical literature has been presented by Charles H. Kahn, most extensively in his 1973 book The Verb 'Be' in Ancient Greek. These discussions are summarized in Kahn's contribution to this volume. By and large, they show that conceptual schemes by means of which philosophers have recently approached Greek thought have not been very well ... Read more
The last twenty years have seen remarkable developments in our understanding of how the ancient Greek thinkers handled the general concept of being and its several varieties. The most general examination of the meaning of the Greek verb 'esti'/'einai'/'on' both in common usage and in the philosophical literature has been presented by Charles H. Kahn, most extensively in his 1973 book The Verb 'Be' in Ancient Greek. These discussions are summarized in Kahn's contribution to this volume. By and large, they show that conceptual schemes by means of which philosophers have recently approached Greek thought have not been very well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Historical Library
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027723710
SKU
V9789027723710
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About . Ed(S): Knuuttila, Professor Simo; Hintikka, Jaakko
Jaakko Hintikka is the author or co-author of thirty volumes and of some 300 scholarly articles in mathematical and philosophical logic, epistemology, language theory, philosophy of science, history of ideas and history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Peirce, The Bloomsbury Group, Husserl and Wittgenstein. He has also been active in international scholarly organizations, most recently as the First ... Read more
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