Simon Noriega-Olmos

Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), Mérida, Venezuela
  • This paper argues that in De Adverbiis 201, 1-8 Apollonius is neither postulating, nor defending a sequential ranking of the three forms of adverbs of place to the effect that the notion referred by place-where is anterior to the notion referred by place-whence, and the notion referred by place-whence is anterior to the notion referred by place-whither. His point is that place-where is equally primitive in respect to both place-whence and place-whither because an analysis of place-whence and pla…Read more
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    Essays on Being Charles Kahn, Essays on Being. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. (review)
    Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR 2009.11.21). 2009.
  • Abstract. This study analyses and assesses the notion of « signification » deployed in « De int. » 1 and its role in the whole of « De int. » Four main conclusions are reached: (i) The semantic observations of « De int. » 1 provide linguistic elements and linguistic background to explain contrary pairs, contradictory pairs, statement-making-sentences, and truth and falsehood. (ii) In « De int. » 1, Aristotle restricts his semantic interests to elements and relations necessary for explaining cont…Read more
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    This book reconstructs the theory of signification implicit in Aristotle's De Interpretatione and its psychological background in his writing De Anima, a project often envisioned by scholars but never systematically undertaken.
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    Valuation Drifts, Meaning Endures: Thucydides 3.82.4
    Classical Quarterly 72 (1): 82-100. 2022.
    Arguing against the long-standing belief that Thuc. 3.82.4 refers to words changing their meanings, this article shows that, according to the passage, the way in which people value actions and apply value-words to actions in peace differs from how they value and apply value-words to the same types of actions in stasis. But the meaning of the value-words themselves remains the same in both circumstances. The passage is about neither meaning nor the propagandistic manipulation of language but abou…Read more
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    At 236D-239C, Sophist presents three arguments to the conclusions, that the expression ›not-being‹ does not say or express anything, that we cannot even conceive of the alleged entity of not-being and that we contradict ourselves when claiming that not-being is not and that the expression ›not-being‹ does not express anything at all. I intend to answer five questions concerning these arguments: What does Plato mean when he says that the expression ›not-being‹ does not say any-thing at all? What …Read more
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    Cratylus 439D3–440C1 : Its texts, its arguments, and why it is not about forms
    Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch Fur Antike Und Mittelalter 23 (1): 1-32. 2020.
    Some interpreters take the arguments at Cratylus 439D3–440C1 to argue for Forms. Some interpreters also believe that these arguments are elliptical or contain lacunae. I accept that the arguments are elliptical. However, I deny that they contain lacunae. I present the most natural construal of the text and argue that it neither trades on Forms nor postulates Forms. To make my case, I show that Cratylus 439D3–440C1 has a modest end, which is to refute a particular notion of flux.
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    Cratylus 439D3–440C1 : Its texts, its arguments, and why it is not about forms
    Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch Fur Antike Und Mittelalter 23 (1): 1-32. 2020.
    Some interpreters take the arguments at Cratylus 439D3–440C1 to argue for Forms. Some interpreters also believe that these arguments are elliptical or contain lacunae. I accept that the arguments are elliptical. However, I deny that they contain lacunae. I present the most natural construal of the text and argue that it neither trades on Forms nor postulates Forms. To make my case, I show that Cratylus 439D3–440C1 has a modest end, which is to refute a particular notion of flux.
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    Revisiting Aristotle’s Fragments: New Essays on the Fragments of Aristotle’s Lost Works (edited book)
    with António Pedro Mesquita and Christopher John Ignatius Shields
    De Gruyter. 2020.
    The philosophical and philological study of Aristotle fragments and lost works has fallen somewhat into the background since the 1960’s. This is regrettable considering the different and innovative directions the study of Aristotle has taken in the last decades. This collection of new peer-reviewed essays applies the latest developments and trends of analysis, criticism, and methodology to the study of Aristotle’s fragments. The individual essays use the fragments as tools of interpretation, she…Read more
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    Review of Segalerba, Gianluigi. Semantik und Ontologie, Drei Studien zu Aristoteles (review)
    Journal of Ancient Philosophy 9 (1): 135. 2015.
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    Plato's Sophist 259E4-6
    Journal of Ancient Philosophy 6 (2). 2012.