The Sea Battle and the Master Argument : : Aristotle and Diodorus Cronus on the Metaphysics of the Future / / Richard Gaskin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Gaskin, Richard,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 40
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (406 p.)
• Other title: I-XII --; 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: DeFato 30–1 --; Appendix 3: [Alexander] Quaestio 1.4 --; Bibliography --; Index of Passages Cited from Ancient Authors --; Index of Arabic and Medieval Authors --; Index of Modern Authors --; General Index --; 407-408
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110866346; 9783110636901
• ISSN: 0344-8142
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110866346
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Gaskin.