Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
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Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics

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Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics

About this book

Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sympathetic to this conception of metaphysics, which takes its cue from the idea that metaphysics is the first philosophy. The primary input from Aristotle is methodological, but many themes familiar from his metaphysics will be discussed, including ontological categories, the role and interpretation of the existential quantifier, essence, substance, natural kinds, powers, potential, and the development of life. The volume mounts a strong challenge to the type of ontological deflationism which has recently gained a strong foothold in analytic metaphysics. It will be a useful resource for scholars and advanced students who are interested in the foundations and development of philosophy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTEMPORARY ARISTOTELIAN METAPHYSICS
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. For Jonathan
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. CHAPTER 1 What is metaphysics?
  11. CHAPTER 2 In defence of Aristotelian metaphysics
  12. CHAPTER 3 Existence and quantification reconsidered
  13. CHAPTER 4 Identity, quantification, and number
  14. CHAPTER 5 Ontological categories
  15. CHAPTER 6 Are any kinds ontologically fundamental?
  16. CHAPTER 7 Are four categories two too many?
  17. CHAPTER 8 Four categories – and more
  18. CHAPTER 9 Neo-Aristotelianism and substance
  19. CHAPTER 10 Developmental potential
  20. CHAPTER 11 The origin of life and the definition of life
  21. CHAPTER 12 Essence, necessity, and explanation
  22. CHAPTER 13 No potency without actuality: the case of graph theory
  23. CHAPTER 14 A neo-Aristotelian substance ontology: neither relational nor constituent
  24. References
  25. Index