Substance and Essence in Aristotle: An Interpretation of "Metaphysics" VII-IX

✍ Scribed by Charlotte Witt

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 215
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. BEING
Chapter 2. BEING AND SUBSTANCE
Chapter 3. THE METAPHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF SENSIBLE SUBSTANCES
Chapter 4. THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF ESSENCE
Chapter 5. THE ONTOLOGICAL STATUS OF ESSENCE
Chapter 6. ARISTOTLE AND KRIPKE
INDEX

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