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The sea battle and the master argument : Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the metaphysics of the future

Title
The sea battle and the master argument : Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the metaphysics of the future / by Richard Gaskin.
Author
Gaskin, Richard, 1960-
Publication
New York : W. de Gruyter, 1995.

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xii, 406 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 40
Uniform Title
Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 40.
Subject
  • Aristotle
  • Diodorus Cronus, active 4th century B.C
  • Future (Logic) > Early works to 1800
  • Fate and fatalism > Early works to 1800
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. Preliminaries: Terminology and Notation -- 2. Aristotle and the Future Sea Battle: Introduction -- 3. The Opening Moves -- 4. The Fatalist's Arguments -- 5. Aristotle's Response: a First Approximation -- 6. Bivalence and Determinism -- 7. The Worn-out Cloak and the Principle of Plenitude -- 8. From Truth to Necessity: the Theory -- 9. From Truth to Necessity: Aristotelian Texts -- 10. Simple and Hypothetical Necessity -- 11. From Truth to Necessity: Peripatetic Texts -- 12. The Commentators' Interpretation of De Interpretatione 9 -- 13. Some Formalities -- 14. Metaphysics E.3 on Causal Determinism: a Comparison -- 15. Reconstructing the Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus: Introduction -- 16. Gassendi's Proposal: a First Attempt -- 17. The Reconstructions of Zeller and Hintikka -- 18. Prior's Reconstruction -- 19. The Consistency and Plausibility Constraints -- 20. Barreau's 'Stoic' and 'Diodorean' Reconstructions -- 21. Vuillemin's Reconstruction --
  • 22. The Proposed Reconstruction -- 23. The Responses of Cleanthes and Chrysippus -- 24. Diodorus and Cicero -- 25. Diodorus and Aristotle -- Appendix 1: Some Arabic and Medieval Interpretations of De Interpretatione 9 -- Appendix 2: Alexander on Foreknowledge and Contingency: De Fato 30-1 -- Appendix 3: [Alexander] Quaestio 1.4 -- Index of Passages Cited from Ancient Authors -- Index of Arabic and Medieval Authors -- Index of Modern Authors.
ISBN
3110144301
LCCN
95012124
OCLC
  • 187456887
  • ocn187456887
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries