The Logic of being
Subtitle: historical studies
By: edited by Simo Knuuttila and Jaakko Hintikka.
Contributors: Knuuttila, Simo, 1946-; Hintikka, Jaakko, 1929-
Series: Synthese historical library ;; v. 28
Publisher: D. Reidel; Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers; Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel, Dordrecht
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Dordrecht, Holland; Boston; Hingham, MA, U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Ontology -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Retrospective on the verb 'to be' and the concept of being / Charles H. Kahn; title: Identity and predication in Plato / Benson Mates; title: Aristotle and existence / Russell M. Dancy; title: The varieties of being in Aristotle / Jaakko Hintikka; title: The chimera's diary / edited by Sten Ebbesen; title: Peter Abelard's investigations into the meaning and functions of the speech sign 'est' / Klaus Jacobi; title: The logic of being in Thomas Aquinas / Hermann Weidemann; title: Being qua being in Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus / Simo Knuuttila; title: On Descartes's argument for dualism and the distinction between different kinds of beings / Lilli Alanen; title: Kant on existence, prediction, and the ontological argument / Jaakko Hintikka; title: On Frege's concept of being / Leila Haaparanta.