Index of the Bibliographies on Selected Arguments

THEORY OF ONTOLOGY

The Vocabulary of Ontology

• Being (linguistic and philosophical perspectives)

  Existence (definitions from some leading philosophers)

  Substance (the evolution of the concept from Ancient Greeks to Modern Times)

Selected Ontological Topics

• Language and Ontology

  Linguistic Relativism (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) vs. Universal Grammar

  Universal Ontology vs. Ontological Relativity

• Modern Theories of Predication

  Existence and Predication: the Frege-Russell 'Is' Ambiguity Thesis

  Language as Calculus vs. Language as Universal Medium (two traditions in 20th century philosophy)

• The Problem of Universals

  The Contemporary Debate

HISTORY OF ONTOLOGY

Henology or Ontology: Metaphysics of the One vs. Metaphysics of Being

• Parmenides of Elea:

  • Critical Notes on His Fragments (Diels Kranz fr. 1-2)

  • Critical Editions and Translations

  • Studies on Parmenides:

  • Parmenides A - Cord

  • Parmenides Corn - G

  • Parmenides H - Mes

  • Parmenides Mil - R

  • Parmenides S - Z

• Stoic Philosophy (see also under "History of Logic" and "Theories of Categories"):

  • Stoic Ontology

Metaphysics or Ontology? The Debate about the Subject Matter of First Philosophy

• The Peripatos after Aristotle's and the Origin of the Corpus Aristotelicum

  The Neoplatonic Commentators on Aristotle's Metaphysics

Neoplatonic Metaphysics in the Early Middle Ages

• Eriugena: Dialectic and Ontology in the Periphyseon

• Eriugena, Periphyseon Book I: Aristotelian Logic and Categories

The 'Second Beginning' of Metaphysics

• Metaphysics or Ontology? The Debate about the Subject-Matter of First Philosophy

The Rise and Fall of Ontology in the Modern Era from Suárez to Kant

• Birth of a New Science: the History of Ontology from Suárez to Kant

  A Selection of Ontologists from Fonseca to Crusius (1560-1770)

The Rediscovery of Ontology in Contemporary Thought

(in preparation)

History of Logic in Relationship to Ontology

• General Works and Bibliographies on the History of Logic

  The History of Ancient Logic in the Hellenistic Period

  The Dialectical School and the Origins of Propositional Logic

  The Master Argument: Diodorus Cronus, Philo the Dialectician

  Ancient Stoicism: Critical Editions and Translations of the Fragments and Testimonia

  Stoic Logic. The Dialectic - First Part

  Stoic Logic. The Dialectic - Second Part

  Stoic Philosophy of Language, Grammar, Rhetoric

  Early Stoic Logicians: Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Chrysippus

  Medieval Logic: General Studies - First Part

  Medieval Logic: General Studies - Second Part

  Medieval Theories of Supposition (Reference) and Mental Language) - First Part

  Medieval Theories of Supposition (Reference) and Mental Language) - Second Part

  History of Renaissance and Modern Logic from 1400 to Stuart Mill

  The Rise of Contemporary Symbolic Logic from Boole to Gödel

History of the Theories of Categories

• General Introduction: Ontological Categories

  The Stoic Theory of Categories

  Ancient Greek Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories

  Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotle's Categories

  Latin Medieval Commentators of Aristotle's Categories

History of the Theories of Truth in Western Philosophy

• The Concept of Truth in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy

• Truth in Ancient Greek Authors from Homer to the Hellenistic Period

• Theories of Truth in Medieval Philosophy

• Truth in Medieval Authors from Hilary of Poitiers to Paul of Venice

The Problem of Universals from the Antiquity to Middle Ages

• Universals in Antiquity and Middle Ages

History of the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

• General Introduction

  The Medieval Period from Anselm of Canterbury to Duns Scotus

  The Modern Period from Suárez to Frege

  The Contemporary Period from Barth to the Present Time

Other Pages on the History of Philosophy

• Proceedings of Symposium Platonicum, Aristotelicum Hellenisticum

  Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosop0hers by Diogenes Laërtius. A Bibliography

  Entia Rationis. History of the Theories on Non-existent Objects

  Mathesis universalis: the Search for a Universal Science

Other Topics

Study Guides to Western Philosophy

• Introductory Works, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

  Philosophy and Manuals of Style

  General Works on the History of Philosophy

  Formal and Descriptive Metaphysics

  Formal and Descriptive Ontology

  Philosophical Logic and Philosophy of Logic

Study Guide for Non-Western Philosophy

• Study Guide for Comparative Philosophy (a selection of reference works about non-Western ontology and logic)

  African Philosophy. A Survey of Contemporary Studies (introductory works and studies about African conceptions of Being and Truth)

  Chinese Logic (a survey of contemporary studies)

  Indian Logic and Ontology: A - L

  Indian Logic and Ontology: M - Z

  Indian Logicians

  Buddhist Logic (Indian and Tibetan developments of Buddhist logic)

  Islamic (Arabic and Persian) Logic and Ontology (the introduction of Greek philosophy in the Islamic world)