Substance in Aristotle's Metaphysics Zeta

✍ Scribed by Norman O. Dahl

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 357
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book argues that according to Metaphysics Zeta, substantial forms constitute substantial being in the sensible world, and individual composites make up the basic constituents that possess this kind of being. The study explains why Aristotle provides a reexamination of substance after the Categories, Physics, and De Anima, and highlights the contribution Z is meant to make to the science of being. Norman O. Dahl argues that Z.1-11 leaves both substantial forms and individual composites as candidates for basic constituents, with Z.12 being something that can be set aside. He explains that although the main focus of Z.13-16 is to argue against a Platonic view that takes universals to be basic constituents, some of its arguments commit Aristotle to individual composites as basic constituents, with Z.17’s taking substantial form to constitute substantial being is compatible with that commitment.

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Introduction (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 1-4
Background Considerations (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 5-15
The Categories View of Basic Constituents (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 17-36
Two New Candidates for Basic Constituents (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 37-57
The Metaphysics and Metaphysics Zeta (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 59-66
Z.1, Substantial Forms or Individual Composites as Basic Constituents (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 67-80
Z.3, The Rejection of Matter (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 81-98
Z.4–5, Essence (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 99-121
Z.6 and the Pale Man Argument (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 123-150
Z.6 and the Argument About Platonic Forms (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 151-184
Z.6 and the Regress Argument (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 185-198
Z.7–9, The Reintroduction of Matter and Form (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 199-210
Z.10–11, Does Form Have Matter as Part of It? (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 211-241
The Universal as Substance: Z.13 1038b8–1039a3—Problems of Interpretation (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 243-268
The Universal as Substance: 1038b8–1039a3—Solutions to the Problems (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 269-288
The Universal as Substance: Z.13–16—An Aporia and What Follows (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 289-314
Z.17, A Fresh Start (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 315-323
Conclusion (Norman O. Dahl)....Pages 325-337
Back Matter ....Pages 339-354

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Classical Philosophy; Greek