{"product_id":"the-semantics-of-analogy-1","title":"The Semantics of Analogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Semantics of Analogy \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book-length interpretive study in English of Thomas de Vio Cajetan's (1469?-1534) classic treatise on analogy. Written in 1498, \u003ci\u003eDe Nominum Analogia\u003c\/i\u003e (On the Analogy of Names) has long been treated as Cajetan's attempt to systematize Aquinas’s theory of analogy. A traditional interpretation regarded it as the official Thomistic treatise on analogy, but current scholarly consensus holds that Cajetan misinterpreted Aquinas and misunderstood the phenomenon of analogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth approaches, argues Joshua P. Hochschild, ignore the philosophical and historical context and fail to accurately assess Cajetan's work. In \u003ci\u003eThe Semantics of Analogy\u003c\/i\u003e, Hochschild reinterprets \u003ci\u003eDe Nominum Analogia\u003c\/i\u003e as a significant philosophical treatise in its own right. He addresses some of the most well-known criticisms of Cajetan's analogy theory and explicates the later chapters of \u003ci\u003eDe Nominum Analogia\u003c\/i\u003e, which are usually ignored by commentators. He demonstrates that Cajetan was aware of the limits of semantic analysis, had a sophisticated view of the relationship between semantics and metaphysics, and expressed perceptive insights about concept formation and hermeneutics that are of continuing philosophical relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Joshua P. Hochschild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43571974930614,"sku":"9780268030919","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780268030919_03033a3c-de90-4b17-807e-c89d51b603b0.jpg?v=1738964262","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-semantics-of-analogy-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}