The Middle Included : Logos in Aristotle / Ömer Aygün.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rereading ancient philosophy | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
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Contents:
Introduction : the question and the method -- ch. 1: Being (logos in the Categories) -- ch. 2: Potentiality (logos in On interpretation) -- ch. 3: Natural motion (logos in the Physics) -- ch. 4: Animal motion (logos in On the soul) -- ch. 5: Action (logos in the Nicomachean ethics) --ch. 6: Speech (logos in the Politics) -- Conclusion.
Introduction: The Question and the Method; Chapter 1: Being (Logos in the Categories); 1. Homonymy; 2. Synonymy; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 2: Potentiality (Logos in On Interpretation); 1. The Inherence of Logos; 2. Potentiality; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 3: Natural Motion (Logos in the Physics); 1. The Natural; 2. The Organic; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 4: Animal Motion (Logos in On the Soul); 1. Sensation; 2. Locomotion; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 5: Action (Logos in the Nicomachean Ethics)1. Habit; 2. Positive State; 3. Character; 4. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 6: Speech (Logos in the Politics); 1. Animal Communication; 2. Human Speech: From "Letters" to "Words"; 3. Human Speech: From "Words" to "Sentences"; 4. Logoi: Definition, Account, and Law; Conclusion; 1. Overview; 2. The Human Condition: The Cycloptic and the Oedipal; 3. Nous.
Summary: The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle's work. It claims that the basic meaning is "gathering," a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This meaning also applies to logos in the sense of human language. Aristotle describes how some animals are capable of understanding non-firsthand experience without being able to relay it, while others relay it without understanding. Aygün argues that what distinguishes human language, for Aristotle, is its ability to both understand and relay firsthand and non-firsthand experiences. This ability is key to understanding the human condition: science, history, news media, propaganda, gossip, utopian fiction, and sophistry, as well as philosophy. Ömer Aygün finds Aristotle's name for this peculiar but crucial human ability of "gathering" both experiences is logos, and this leads to a claim about the specificity of human rationality and language.
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Introduction : the question and the method -- ch. 1: Being (logos in the Categories) -- ch. 2: Potentiality (logos in On interpretation) -- ch. 3: Natural motion (logos in the Physics) -- ch. 4: Animal motion (logos in On the soul) -- ch. 5: Action (logos in the Nicomachean ethics) --ch. 6: Speech (logos in the Politics) -- Conclusion.

Introduction: The Question and the Method; Chapter 1: Being (Logos in the Categories); 1. Homonymy; 2. Synonymy; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 2: Potentiality (Logos in On Interpretation); 1. The Inherence of Logos; 2. Potentiality; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 3: Natural Motion (Logos in the Physics); 1. The Natural; 2. The Organic; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 4: Animal Motion (Logos in On the Soul); 1. Sensation; 2. Locomotion; 3. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 5: Action (Logos in the Nicomachean Ethics)1. Habit; 2. Positive State; 3. Character; 4. Recapitulation and Reorientation; Chapter 6: Speech (Logos in the Politics); 1. Animal Communication; 2. Human Speech: From "Letters" to "Words"; 3. Human Speech: From "Words" to "Sentences"; 4. Logoi: Definition, Account, and Law; Conclusion; 1. Overview; 2. The Human Condition: The Cycloptic and the Oedipal; 3. Nous.

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The Middle Included is a systematic exploration of the meanings of logos throughout Aristotle's work. It claims that the basic meaning is "gathering," a relation that holds its terms together without isolating them or collapsing one to the other. This meaning also applies to logos in the sense of human language. Aristotle describes how some animals are capable of understanding non-firsthand experience without being able to relay it, while others relay it without understanding. Aygün argues that what distinguishes human language, for Aristotle, is its ability to both understand and relay firsthand and non-firsthand experiences. This ability is key to understanding the human condition: science, history, news media, propaganda, gossip, utopian fiction, and sophistry, as well as philosophy. Ömer Aygün finds Aristotle's name for this peculiar but crucial human ability of "gathering" both experiences is logos, and this leads to a claim about the specificity of human rationality and language.

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