Nieuwenburg, Paul (1999). Aristotle and the appearances. Journal of the History of Philosophy 37 (4):551-573.1.One of Owen's arguments surrounding the interpretation is widely thought to remove, in a quite definite way, all doubt of the ambiguous term ta phainomena, usually rendered 'the appearances,' as it figures in one of Aristotle's reflections on 'the methods of ethics.'Here as in other cas..