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Single Idea 4730

[from 'works' by Aristotle, in 5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form ]

Full Idea

Aristotle apparently believed that the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected the substance-accident nature of reality.

Gist of Idea

For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality

Source

report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4

Book Reference

O'Grady,Paul: 'Relativism' [Acumen 2002], p.133


A Reaction

We need not assume that Aristotle is wrong. It is a chicken-and-egg. There is something obvious about subject-predicate language, if one assumes that unified objects are part of nature, and not just conventional.

Related Idea

Idea 18896 Aristotle places terms at opposite ends, joined by a quantified copula [Aristotle, by Sommers]