The Synonymy of Homonyms, 1999
By: Flannery, Kevin L.
Title The Synonymy of Homonyms
Type Article
Language English
Date 1999
Journal Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
Volume 81
Pages 268–289
Categories no categories
Author(s) Flannery, Kevin L.
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Is the homonym-synonym paradox important enough to force this emen­dation? I think that it is. If considering the two definitions in conjunction -the definition of homonyms and that of synonyms - it turns out that homo­nyms qua homonyms are not homonyms and, therefore, that only qua not homonyms are homonyms homonyms, that is a problem. We can resolve the paradox by breaking the conjunction - i. e., by severing the interdepen­dence between the two definitions by eliminating tas ouisas from the first. Would Aristotle have anticipated the paradox and set out his definitions so as to avoid it? We do not have to go so far. We need only believe that, when initially conceiving Cat. i, he had a consistent set of ideas in mind. That is, we need only believe that he had in mind a position that would not lead to the type of problems that typically arise when two definitions are interdependent. [Author's abstract]

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The Synonymy of Homonyms, 1999
By: Flannery, Kevin L.
Title The Synonymy of Homonyms
Type Article
Language English
Date 1999
Journal Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
Volume 81
Pages 268–289
Categories no categories
Author(s) Flannery, Kevin L.
Editor(s)
Translator(s)
Is the homonym-synonym paradox important enough to force this emen­dation? I think that it is.  If considering the two definitions in conjunction -the definition of homonyms and that of synonyms - it turns out that homo­nyms qua homonyms are not homonyms and, therefore,  that only qua not homonyms are homonyms homonyms, that is a  problem. We can resolve the paradox by breaking the conjunction - i. e., by severing the interdepen­dence between the two definitions by eliminating tas ouisas from the first. Would Aristotle have anticipated the paradox and set out his definitions so as to  avoid it? We do not have to  go so far. We need only believe that, when initially conceiving Cat. i, he had a consistent set of ideas in  mind. That is, we need only believe that he had in mind a position that would not lead to  the type of problems that typically arise when two definitions are interdependent. [Author's abstract]

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