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Aither 20/2018 (International issue no. 5):66-77 | DOI: 10.5507/aither.2018.008

Aristotle's Theory of Language in the Light of Phys. I.1

Pavol Labuda
Faculty of Arts and Letters, Catholic University in Ruzomberok

The main aim of my paper is to analyse Aristotle's theory of language in the context of his Physics I.1 and via an analysis and an interpretation of this part of his Physics I try to show that (i) the study of human language (logos) significantly falls within the competence of Aristotle's physics (i.e., natural philosophy), (ii) we can find the results of such (physical) inquiry in Aristotle's zoological writings, stated in the forms of the first principles, causes and elements of the human speech (logos) and (iii) the analogies (Phys. 184b13-14) made by Aristotle at the very end of the first chapter make better sense if we consider them in the broader context in which Aristotle recognizes language as a complex natural phenomenon we are born into and which has to be not only biologically, but also socially developed through our lives. Hence, I aim towards a more naturalistic reading of Aristotle's views on language.

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Labuda, P. (2018). Aristotle's Theory of Language in the Light of Phys. I.1. Aither, 10(20), 66-77. doi: 10.5507/aither.2018.008
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