title: Semantics of Analogy: Rereading Cajetan's De Nominum Analogia
author:  Joshua P. Hochschild 
description: "Students of the Protestant Reformation may remember Cardinal Cajetan as Martin Luther's key opponent during a crucial early phase of the reformer's public career. . . . Joshua Hochschild's careful analysis of Cajetan's recondite defense of analogy late in the 15th century may yet once again challenge Protestants to become more self-conscious about how they speak about God, themselves, and the world in the early 21st century." (Books and Culture)<br /><br />"Hochschild's work is both readable and well argued and will no doubt expose Cajetan's writings to a wider audience. Moreover, this volume should appeal to scholars interested in semantics and philosophy of language, as well as those interested in religious language and the history of philosophy." (Journal of the History of Philosophy)<br /><br />"In his study of De nominum analogia, Hochschild sets out to do two things. First, he demolishes what he describes as an outdated paradigm concerning the interpretation of Cajetan's work. Second, Hochschild gives an explanation and what amounts to a paraphrase of Cajetan's distinctions and arguments in their order of presentation. . . . this book should certainly be read by Thomists, and by anyone who wants a readable account of what Cajetan actually said." (Philosophy Reviews)
zlib_text: THE LOGIC OF ANALOGY 
  
  THE LOGIC OF ANALOGY 
  AN INTERPRETATION OF ST THOMAS 
  by 
  RALPH M. MCINERNY 
  University of Notre Dame 
  II 
  THE HAGUE 
  MARTINUS NI]HOFF 
  Photomechanical reprint 1971 
  
  © 1971 by Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 
  Softcover reprint of the hardcover 15t edition 1971 
  All rights reserved, including the right to translate or to 
  reproduce this book or parts thereof in any fonn 
  ISBN-13: 978-90-247-0104-9 
  e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-2960-5 
  001: 10.1007/978-94-0 I 0-2960-5 
  
  PREFACE 
  The need for another study on the doctrine of analogy in the writings 
  ofSt Thomas may not be obvious, since a complete bibliography in this 
  area would doubtless assume depressing proportions. The present work 
  is felt to be justified because it attempts a full-fledged alternative to the 
  interpretation given in Cajetan's De nominum analogia, an interpretation 
  which has provided the framework for subsequent discussions of the 
  question. Recently, it is true, there has been growing diss