Substance And Separation In Aristotle
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Author | : Lynne Spellman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2002-04-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521892728 |
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A new interpretation of Aristotle's metaphysics, a subject of considerable interest to all classical philosophers.
Author | : Theodore Scaltsas |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Substance (Philosophy) |
ISBN | : 9780801476358 |
Download Substances and Universals in Aristotle's Metaphysics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this book, Theodore Scaltsas brings the insights of contemporary philosophy to bear on a classic problem in metaphysics that stems from Aristotle's theory of substance. Scaltsas provides an analysis of the enigmatic notions of potentiality and actuality, which he uses to explain Aristotle's substantial holism by showing how the concrete and the abstract parts of a substance form a dynamic, diachronic whole.
Author | : Frank A. Lewis |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521391597 |
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This book takes up the central themes of Aristotle's metaphysical theory and the various transformations they undergo prior to their full expresson in the Metaphysics.This book takes up the central themes of Aristotle's metaphysical theory and the various transformations they undergo prior to their full expresson in the Metaphysics.
Author | : Donald Ray Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1983 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Donald Ray Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Substance (Philosophy) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Vernon Wedin |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199253080 |
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Aristotle's views on the fundamental nature of reality are usually taken to be inconsistent. Two sources for these views are Categories and the central books of Metaphysics. This text argues that he is engaged in different projects in these books.
Author | : Mary Louise Gill |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2020-12-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0691222215 |
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This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matterhave the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances? Mary Louise Gill bases her treatment of the problem of unity, and of Aristotle's solution, on a fresh interpretation of the relation between matter and form. Challenging the traditional understanding of Aristotelian matter, she argues that material substances are subverted by matter and maintained by form that controls the matter to serve a positive end. The unity of material substances thus involves a dynamic relation between resistant materials and directive ends. Aristotle on Substance offers both a general account of matter, form, and substantial unity and a specific assessment of particular Aristotelian arguments. At every point, Gill engages Aristotle on his own philosophical ground through the detailed analysis of central, and often controversial, texts from the Metaphysics, Physics, On Generation and Corruption, De Anima, De Caelo, and the biological works. The result is a coherent, firmly grounded rethinking of Aristotle's central metaphysical concepts and of his struggle toward a fully consistent theory of material substances.
Author | : Devin Henry |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108475574 |
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Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.
Author | : Charlotte Witt |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1501711512 |
Download Substance and Essence in Aristotle Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Substance and Essence in Aristotle is a close study of Aristotle's most profound—and perplexing—treatise: Books VII-IX of the Metaphysics. These central books, which focus on the nature of substance, have gained a deserved reputation for their difficulty, inconclusiveness, and internal inconsistency. Despite these problems, Witt extracts from Aristotle's text a coherent and provocative view about sensible substance by focusing on Aristotle's account of form or essence. After exploring the context in which Aristotle's discussion of sensible substance takes place, Witt turns to his analysis of essence. Arguing against the received interpretation, according to which essences are classificatory, Witt maintains that a substance's essence is what causes it to exist. In addition, Substance and Essence in Aristotle challenges the orthodox view that Aristotelian essences are species-essences, defending instead the controversial position that they are individual essences. Finally, Witt compares Aristotelian essentialism to contemporary essentialist theories, focusing in particular on Kripke's work. She concludes that fundamental differences between Aristotelian and contemporary essentialist theories highlight important features of Aristotle's theory and the philosophical problems and milieu that engendered it.
Author | : Errol G. Katayama |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1999-09-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780791443170 |
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Investigates Aristotle's views on the ontological status of artifacts in the Metaphysics, with implications for a variety of metaphysical problems.