The Meaning Of Aristotle S Ontology

Author : Werner Marx
Publisher : Springer
Page : 76 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401195041

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The Meaning of Aristotle’s ‘Ontology’ by Werner Marx Pdf

This study forms part of a wider investigation whieh will inquire into the relationship of Ontology and Anthropology. Since the meaning of the term 'ontology' is far from clear, the immediate task is to ask the 'father of ontology' what he might have understood it to mean. The introductory chapter emphasizes the fact that Aristotle hirnself never used the term 'ontology. ' It should be stressed at once that, even had be used it, he could not very weH have employed it to denote the discipline of ontology. For it was only during the era of the schoolmen that the vast and rich body of the prote philosophia came to be disciplined into classifications; these classifications reflected the Christian, - not the pagan Greek -, view of all-that-is. The metaphysica specialis dealing with God (theology), his creatures (psychology), and the created universe (cosmology), was differentiated from the metaphysica generalis, dealing with being-in-general (ens commune). This latter discipline amounted to the 'discipline of ontology'. 1 We are not concemed with the meaning of the metaphysica generalis. We wish to approach our problem with an open mind and want to hear directly from Aristotle - on the basis of the text of the prote Philosophia alone - which body of thought he might have called his 'ontology' and what its meaning might have been.

Author : Werner Marx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
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Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401195056

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Author : Anthony Preus,John P. Anton
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 366 pages
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Release : 1992-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438416458

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Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy V by Anthony Preus,John P. Anton Pdf

Author : Aryeh Kosman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 294 pages
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Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674075054

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The Activity of Being by Aryeh Kosman Pdf

Understanding “what something is” is a project that has long occupied philosophers. Perhaps no thinker in the Western tradition has had more influence on how we approach this question than Aristotle, whose Metaphysics remains the locus classicus of rigorous examinations into the nature of being. Now, in an elegantly argued new study, Aryeh Kosman reinterprets Aristotle’s ontology and compels us to reexamine some of our most basic assumptions about the great philosopher’s thought. For Aristotle, to ask “what something is” is to inquire into a specific mode of its being, something ordinarily regarded as its “substance.” But to understand substance, we need the concept of energeia—a Greek term usually translated as “actuality.” In a move of far-reaching consequence, Kosman explains that the correct translation of energeia is not “actuality” but “activity.” We have subtly misunderstood the Metaphysics on this crucial point, says Kosman. Aristotle conceives of substance as a kind of dynamic activity, not some inert quality. Substance is something actively being what it is. Kosman demonstrates how this insight significantly alters our understanding of a number of important concepts in Aristotelian thought, from accounts of motion, consciousness, and essence to explanations of the nature of animal and divine being. Whether it is approached as an in-depth introduction to Aristotle’s metaphysics or as a highly original reassessment sure to spark debate, there can be no argument that The Activity of Being is a major contribution to our understanding of one of philosophy’s most important thinkers.

Author : Theodore Scaltsas,David Owain Maurice Charles,Mary Louise Gill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 396 pages
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Release : 2001
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : 0199244413

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Unity, Identity, and Explanation in Aristotle's Metaphysics by Theodore Scaltsas,David Owain Maurice Charles,Mary Louise Gill Pdf

This volume presents fourteen new essays by leading figures in the fields of ancient philosophy and contemporary metaphysics, discussing Aristotle's theory of the unity of substances. This topic remains at the centre of metaphysical enquiry.The contributors examine the nature of essences, how they differ from other components of substance, and how they are related to these other components. The central questions discussed here are: What does Aristotle mean by 'potentiality' and 'actuality'? How do these concepts explicate matter andform, and how are they related to the actuality of substance? What is the role of matter and form in accounting for the unity, identity, and individuation of substances? These questions are crucial to an understanding of the unity of composite substances and their identity over time.The aim of the volume is both exegetical and philosophical: to address central issues in Aristotle's Metaphysics, and to stimulate further investigation of the problems and controversies that arise from these.

Author : Ana Laura Edelhoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108875097

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Aristotle on Ontological Priority in the Categories by Ana Laura Edelhoff Pdf

The main objective of this Element is to reconstruct Aristotle's view on the nature of ontological priority in the Categories. Over the last three decades, investigations into ontological dependence and priority have become a major concern in contemporary metaphysics. Many see Aristotle as the originator of these discussions and, as a consequence, there is considerable interest in his own account of ontological dependence. In light of the renewed interest in Aristotelian metaphysics, it will be worthwhile - both historically and systematically - to return to Aristotle himself and to see how he himself conceived of ontological priority (what he calls 'priority in substance' [proteron kata ousian] or 'priority in nature' [proteron tēi phusei]), which is to be understood as a form of asymmetric ontological dependence.

Author : Deborah K. W. Modrak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521772662

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Aristotle's Theory of Language and Meaning by Deborah K. W. Modrak Pdf

This is a book about Aristotle's philosophy of language, interpreted in a framework that provides a comprehensive interpretation of Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology and science. The aims of the book are to explicate the description of meaning contained in De Interpretatione and to show the relevance of that theory of meaning to much of the rest of Arisotle's philosophy. In the process Deborah Modrak reveals how that theory of meaning has been much maligned.

Author : Marilù Papandreou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 574 pages
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Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009340533

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Aristotle's Ontology of Artefacts by Marilù Papandreou Pdf

It is commonly believed that Aristotle merely uses artefacts as examples or analogical cases. This book, however, shows that Aristotle gives a specific, coherent account of artefacts that in various ways owes much to Plato. Moreover, it proposes a new, definitive solution to the problem of artefacts' substantiality, which comprises two controversial positions: (i) that Aristotle holds a binary view of substantiality according to which artefacts are not substances at all; (ii) that artefacts fail to be substances because they exhibit less of a unity than natural wholes. Finally, responding to the contemporary debate on ordinary objects, the book identifies the main propositions for an ontology of artefacts that aspires to use Aristotle as its authority and can serve as a guideline for current metaphysical discussions. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Author : Martha Husain
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791489796

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Ontology and the Art of Tragedy by Martha Husain Pdf

Ontology and the Art of Tragedy is a sustained reflection on the principles and criteria from which to guide one's approach to Aristotle's Poetics. Its scope is twofold: historical and systematic. In its historical aspect it develops an approach to Aristotle's Poetics, which brings his distinctive philosophy of being to bear on the reception of this text. In its systematic aspect it relates Aristotle's theory of art to the perennial desiderata of any theory of art, and particularly to Kandinsky's.

Author : Christopher P. Long
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791484944

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The Ethics of Ontology by Christopher P. Long Pdf

Concerned with the meaning and function of principles in an era that appears to have given up on their possibility altogether, Christopher P. Long traces the paths of Aristotle's thinking concerning finite being from the Categories, through the Physics, to the Metaphysics, and ultimately into the Nicomachean Ethics. Long argues that a dynamic and open conception of principles emerges in these works that challenges the traditional tendency to seek security in permanent and eternal absolutes. He rethinks the meaning of Aristotle's notion of principle (arche) and spans the divide of analytic and continental methodological approaches to ancient Greek philosophy, while connecting Aristotle's thinking to that of Levinas, Gadamer, and Heidegger.

Author : Jiyuan Yu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401000550

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The Structure of Being in Aristotle’s Metaphysics by Jiyuan Yu Pdf

This book develops a new interpretation of Aristotle's Metaphysics. By exploring the significance of the long ignored distinction between being with regard to categories and being with regard to potentiality and actuality, the author presents that Aristotle's science of being has two distinct aspects: an investigation of the basic constituents of reality in terms of categories, predication, and definition, and an investigation which deals with change, process, and order of the world.

Author : Mark Sentesy
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 308 pages
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Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780810141902

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Aristotle's Ontology of Change by Mark Sentesy Pdf

This book investigates what change is, according to Aristotle, and how it affects his conception of being. Mark Sentesy argues that the analysis of change leads Aristotle to develop first-order metaphysical concepts such as matter, potency, actuality, sources of being, epigenesis, and teleology. He shows that Aristotle’s distinctive ontological claim—that being is inescapably diverse in kind—is anchored in his argument for the existence of change. Aristotle may be the only thinker to propose a noncircular definition of change. With his landmark argument that change did, in fact, exist, Aristotle challenged established assumptions about what it is and developed a set of conceptual frameworks that continue to provide insight into the nature of reality. This groundbreaking work on change, however, has long been interpreted through a Platonist view of change as unreal. By offering a comprehensive reexamination of Aristotle’s pivotal arguments, and establishing his positive ontological conception of change, Sentesy makes a significant contribution to scholarship on Aristotle, ancient philosophy, the history and philosophy of science, and metaphysics.

Author : Joseph Owens
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0888444095

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The Doctrine of Being in the Aristotelian Metaphysics by Joseph Owens Pdf

The problem of being is central to Western metaphysics. Etched sharply in the verses of Parmenides, it took on distinctive colouring in Aristotle as the subject matter of a science expressly labelled 'theological.' For Aristotle, being could not be shared in generic fashion by other natures. As a nature it had to be found not in various species but in a primary instance only. The science specified by the primary nature was accordingly the one science that under the aspect of being treated universally of whatever is: it dealt with being qua being.

Author : L.M. de Rijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004321144

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Aristotle: Semantics and Ontology by L.M. de Rijk Pdf

This study intends to show that the ascription of many shortcomings or obscurities to Aristotle is due to the persistent misinterpetation of key notions in his works, including anachronistic perceptions of statement making. In the first volume Aristotle's semantics is culled from the Organon. The second volume presents Aristotle's ontology of the sublunar world, and pays special attention to his strategy of argument in light of his semantic views. The reconstruction of the semantic models that come forward as genuinely Aristotelian can give a new impetus to the study of Aristotelian philosophic and semantic thought.

Author : Alexander Kalbarczyk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110591972

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Predication and Ontology by Alexander Kalbarczyk Pdf

In Predication and Ontology A. Kalbarczyk provides the first monograph-length study of the Arabic reception of Aristotle’s Categories. At the center of attention is the critical reappraisal of that treatise by Ibn Sīnā (d. 428 AH/1037 AD), better known in the Latin West as Avicenna. Ibn Sīnā’s reading of the Categories is examined in the context of his wider project of rearranging the transmitted body of philosophical knowledge. Against the background of the late ancient commentary tradition and subsequent exegetical efforts, Ibn Sīnā’s Kitāb al-Maqūlāt of the Šifāʾ is interpreted as a milestone in the gradual reshuffle of the relationship between logic proper and ontology. In order to assess the philosophical impact of this realignment, some of the subsequent developments in Ibn Sīnā’s writings and in the emerging post-Avicennian tradition are also taken into account. The thematic focus lies on the two fundamental classification schemes which Aristotle introduces in the treatise: the fourfold division of Cat. 2 ("of a subject"/"in a subject") and the tenfold scheme of Cat. 4 (i.e., substance and the nine genera of accidents). They both pose the question of whether and how the manner in which an expression is predicated relates to extra-linguistic reality. As the study intends to show, this question is one of the driving forces of Ibn Sīnā’s momentous reform of the Aristotelian curriculum.