Topoi on Topos: The Development o f Aristotle's Concept of Place

Concepts of Space in Greek Thought

“…is, as we noticed, the concept of place or space as an independent three-dimensional extension (the (c) kind of space outlined in chapter ( 1)). Though, as we saw in the previous chapter, there are traces of such a concept of space in Plato's presentation of the receptacle, it was also noted that Plato was in this respect not fully consistent and that Aristotle-at least 66 Mendell ( 1987) 208. 67 Mendell (1987) 210.…”

“…4. 2 4 So the statement that 'for both Plato and Aristotle the two terms are nigh synonyms' (Mendell (1987) 214) needs qualification. For a more extensive discussion of Aristotle's use of spatial concepts see below ch.…”

“…Secondly, Owen's interpretation is not even needed for the purpose for which it was conceived. For on closer scrutiny the problem it was supposed to solve turns out to be 17 Mendell ( 1987) 222. Mendell himself, by the way, in the end rejects this suggestion because, he argues, in this view 'either the place is changing its occupants, or one substance is giving a property to another.…”

Protocol for a qualitative study of knowledge translation in a participatory research project

“…The concept of knowledge forms is influenced by rhetoric of science and more precisely the concept of topos drawn from classical rhetoric 26. Topos originally means ‘place’ and is to Aristotle a general argument base or template on which individual arguments are built.…”

“…Topos originally means ‘place’ and is to Aristotle a general argument base or template on which individual arguments are built. Some examples highlighted by Aristotle are definitions, induction, consequences and division 26. When we present our knowledge in scientific articles or in face-to-face communication with peers, we also build on templates or structures that make our arguments credible or recognisable as knowledge to the reader or listener 27.…”