{"product_id":"aristotles-psychology-of-signification","title":"Aristotle's Psychology of Signification","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book reconstructs the theory of signification implicit in Aristotle’s \u003cem\u003eDe Interpretatione\u003c\/em\u003e and its psychological background in his writing \u003cem\u003eDe Anima\u003c\/em\u003e, a project often envisioned by scholars but never systematically undertaken.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI begin by explaining what sort of phonetic material, according to Aristotle, can be a \u003cem\u003esignificans\u003c\/em\u003e and a \u003cem\u003ephônê\u003c\/em\u003e. To that end, I provide a physiological account of which animal sounds count as \u003cem\u003ephônê\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a psychological evaluation of the cognitive content of the \u003cem\u003ephônai \u003c\/em\u003eunder consideration in \u003cem\u003eDe Interpretatione\u003c\/em\u003e: names, verbs, and assertive sentences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI then turn to \u003cem\u003enoêmata\u003c\/em\u003e, which, for Aristotle, are the psychological reference and \u003cem\u003esignificata\u003c\/em\u003e of names, verbs and assertive sentences. I explain what, for Aristotle, are the logical properties a \u003cem\u003esignificatum\u003c\/em\u003e must have in order to be signified by the phonetic material of a name, verb or assertive sentence, and why \u003cem\u003enoêmata\u003c\/em\u003e can fulfil those logical conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally, I elucidate the \u003cem\u003esignificans\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003esignificatum\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335214735704,"sku":"9783110287653","price":126.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110287653_305c1b93-c7b3-4347-b102-3245fbac89e7.jpg?v=1780041627","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/aristotles-psychology-of-signification","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}