Being Measured

Mark R. Wheeler is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs at San Diego State University. He is the coeditor (with William A. Nericcio) of 150 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Impact on Contemporary Thought and Culture.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Stating the Puzzles
The Knots
My Approach to the Metaphysics

Part I. Philosophical Wisdom and Truth

1. The Demands of Philosophical Wisdom
The Divine Science
Hitting the Barn Door
Being, Truth, and Causality
The Beta Test
Conclusion

Part II. Truth and the Logical Axioms

2. What "Truth" and "Falsehood" Signify
The Canonical Definition of Truth in Context
Kinds of Definition
Arguing for the Axioms
Aristotle's Fundamental Philosophical Semantics
Aristotle's Opponents
The Nominal Definition of "Truth"
What the Nominal Definitions Entail
Conclusion

3. The Nominal Definition of "Truth" and the Axioms
Truth and the Law of the Excluded Middle
Simple Assertions and Contradictory Pairs
Intermediate Assertions and LNC
The Elenctic Argument at 1011b23−29 and the Nominal Definitions
Conclusion

Part III. Truth and Being

4. The Being of Truth
Truth is a Kind of Being
Being True is not Being a Kind of Object
Matthen's Proposal
Being a True Assertion
Truth and the Other Kinds of Being
Conclusion

5. Aristotle's Homonymous Truth Bearers
The Homonymous Kinds of Truth and Falsehood
True and False Assertions
True and False Things
Aristotle's Core Kind of Truth and Falsehood
Conclusion

6. The Genus of Truth
Identifying the Genus
The Category of the Genus of Truth
An Outstanding Problem: True Definitions of Essences
Conclusion

7. The Activity of Truth
True Assertions about Simples
The Core Kind of Truth Redux
The Power and Activity of Truth
Conclusion

Part IV. Truth and Measurement

8. Truth, Oneness, and Measurement
The Extension of the Term "One"
The Intension of the Term "One"
Metaphysics Δ 6 on Oneness and Measure
Conclusion

9. The Ground of Truth
The Measure and the Measured
Aristotle's Measure Doctrine
Aristotle's Metrical Account of the Correspondence Relation
Aristotle's Asymetrical Measurement Relation
Conclusion

Conclusion: The Subsequent Free Play of Thought

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Index Locorum