Being Measured : Truth and Falsehood in Aristotles Metaphysics

Advances an interpretation of Aristotles theory of truth in terms of accurate measurement.

On the basis of careful textual exegesis and philosophical analysis of Aristotles Metaphysics, Mark R. Wheeler offers a groundbreaking interpretation of Aristotles theory of truth in terms of measurement. Wheeler demonstrates that Aristotles investigation of truth and falsehood in the Metaphysics is rigorously methodical, that Aristotles conceptions of truth contribute to the main lines of thought in the treatise, and that the Metaphysics, taken as a whole, contributes fundamentally to Aristotles theory of truth. Wheeler provides not only an excellent introduction to the main problems in the theory of truth but also provides contemporary truth theorists with a rigorous explanation of Aristotles theory of truth.