On Interpretation

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On Interpretation is a foundational philosophical treatise by Aristotle that examines language, meaning, and the logical structure of propositions, laying groundwork for later logic and semantics.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf logical text
philosophical treatise
work of Aristotle
author Aristotle
canonicalStatus standard text in Aristotelian logic
concerns conditions for truth and falsity of statements
logical structure of propositions
discusses categories of statements
determinism and free will
logical opposition between propositions
necessity and possibility
relation between thought and speech
field logic
philosophical logic
philosophy of language
semantics
genre logical treatise
hasCommentaryBy Ammonius Hermiae
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Aquinas

Averroes
Boethius
hasPart chapter on affirmation and negation
chapter on contradiction and contrariety
chapter on future contingents
chapter on modal propositions
chapter on names and verbs
influenced Aristotelian logic tradition
medieval logic
modern philosophy of language
scholastic philosophy
semantic theory of truth conditions
theory of propositions
latinTitle De Interpretatione
mainTopic affirmation and negation
future contingents
meaning
modal propositions
proposition
relation between language and reality
square of opposition
terms and predicates
truth and falsity
universal and particular statements
originalTitle Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας
partOf Organon
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school
timePeriod 4th century BCE
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy
writtenInLanguage Ancient Greek

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Aristotle notableWork On Interpretation
Prior Analytics precededBy On Interpretation