Aristotle's Classification of Animals: Biology and Conceptual Unity of the Aristotelian Corpus
Pierre Pellegrin | 1900-01-01 00:00:00 | University of California Press | 249 | Philosophy
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This is a great companion book to Aristotle's work on animals, a very large and overlooked portion of his writings. Pellegrin shows how many ideas about the classification of animals are erroneously attributed to Aristotle but most importantly, he raises a lot of questions about Aristotle's conception of categories. This has far-ranging implications not only for the study of ancient philosophy but also for the study of logic, the mind, the cognitive sciences in general. Readers interested in George Lakoff's or Steven Pinker's work on cognition will find much food for thought here, as well as much to contest either writer's views. This is a scholarly book in the French academic tradition, not much brio, takes a lot of stamina to get through it. On the other hand, the lack of seductive stylistics leaves you a lot freer to form your own opinion. An important book.
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