Aristotle, On Interpretation - Combining Predicates Into One - Sadler's Lectures

About this episode

This lecture discusses Aristotle's work, On Interpretation, focusing on the combination of multiple predicates into one for propositions.

This lecture discusses the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle' work, On Interpretation, focusing on his discussion bearing on whether and when it is possible to combine multiple predicates into one predicate for a given subject in propositions. As it turns out, in some cases this is possible, but in many other cases starting with true propositions leads to a false proposition when the predicates are combined To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 4,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Aristotle's On Interpretation - amzn.to/3nS55ud

People in this episode

Host: Gregory B. Sadler

Topics covered

• Aristotle
• On Interpretation
• predicates
• philosophy
• propositions

Keywords

• Aristotle
• On Interpretation
• predicates
• philosophy
• propositions
• truth
• falsehood

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Books & works: On Interpretation

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