Aristotle's De Interpretatione Contradiction and Dialectic [Hardcover]

De Interpretatione is among Aristotle's most influential and widely read writings; C. W. A. Whitaker presents the first systematic study of this work, and offers a radical new view of its aims, its structure, and its place in Arisotle's system. He shows that De Interpretatione is not a disjointed essay on ill- connected subjects, as traditionally thought, but a highly organized and systematic treatise on logic, argument, and dialectic.

Introduction
1. Significant Utterances
2-3. The Name and Verb
4. Phrases and Assertions
5. Simple and Compound Assertions
6. Contradictory Pairs
7. Singular and Universal Assertions
8. Hidden Complex Assertions
9. Future Singular Assertions
10. Assertions and Inferences
11. Puzzles concerning Simple and Complex Assertions
12. Modal Assertions
13. More on Modal Assertions
14. Contrary Beliefs
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. Significant Utterances
2-3. The Name and Verb
4. Phrases and Assertions
5. Simple and Compound Assertions
6. Contradictory Pairs
7. Singular and Universal Assertions
8. Hidden Complex Assertions
9. Future Singular Assertions
10. Assertions and Inferences
11. Puzzles concerning Simple and Complex Assertions
12. Modal Assertions
13. More on Modal Assertions
14. Contrary Beliefs
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

[Whitaker's] commentary of the text is excellent and conservative. --The Review of Metaphysics

C. W. A. Whitakerwas trained in classics and philosophy at the Universities of Cambridge and Chicago; he is now Research Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge.