The Logic of Being Historical Studies
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
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THE LOGIC OF BEING Historical Studies
Edited by SIMO KNUUTTILA Dept. of Systematic Theology, University of Helsinki
and JAAKKO HINTIKKA Dept. of Philosophy, Florida State University
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Library of Co ngress Cataloging in Publica tion Data Main entry under title: The Logic of Bting. (Synthese historitallibrary; v. 28) Includes indexes. Contents: Introduction - Retrospttt on the verb ' to be' and the concept of being I Charles H. Kahn - Identity and predication in Plato I Benson Mates Aristotle and existence I Russell M. Dancy - letc.] I. Ontology - Histo ry Addresses. essays, lectures. I. Knuuttila. Simo, 1946II . Hintikka, Jaakko. 1929Ill. Series. 111 85- 19622 BD3)I.L826 1985 ISBN _13: 978_90_211_237 1_0 001 : 10.1007/978-94-009-4780-1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INTRODUCTION
ix
CHARLES H. KAHN / Retrospect on the Verb 'To Be' and the Concept of Being BENSON MATES / Identity and Predication in Plato
29
RUSSELL M. DANCY / Aristotle and Existence
49
JAAKKO HINTIKKA / The Varieties of Being in Aristotle
81
STEN EBBESEN / The Chimera's Diary
115
KLAUS JACoBI/Peter Abelard's Investigations into the Meaning and Functions of the Speech Sign 'Est'
145
HERMANN WEIDEMANN / The Logic of Being in Thomas Aquinas
181
SIMO KNUUTTILA / Being qua Being in Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus
201
LILLI ALANEN / On Descartes's Argument for Dualism and the Distinction Between Different Kinds of Beings
223
JAAKKO HINTIKKA / Kant on Existence, Predication, and the Ontological Argument
249
LEILA HAAPARANTA / On Frege's Concept of Being
269
INDEX OF NAMES
291
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
297
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.Tllakko Hintikka's work on 'The Varieties of Being in Aristotle' was supported by NSF Grant No. BNS 8119033. Btnson Mates's paper 'Identity and Predication in Plato' first appeared in Phronesis 24 (1979), 211 - 229. Russell M. Dancy's paper, 'Aristotle and Existence', appeared in Synthese 54 (1983), 409 - 442. laakko Hintikka's paper 'Kant on Existence, Predication, and the Ontological Argument' first appeared in Dialectica 35 (1981)
