Aristotle's Ontology of Artefacts
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Aristotle's Ontology of Artefacts

  1. 316 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Aristotle's Ontology of Artefacts

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781009340526
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ancient & Classical Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 The Platonic Heritage
  12. Chapter 2 Using Artefacts against Plato
  13. Chapter 3 Aristotle’s Building Blocks in the Physics
  14. Chapter 4 Artefacts as Hylomorphic Compounds
  15. Chapter 5 Forms of Artefacts as Inert and Intermittent
  16. Chapter 6 The Relation between Matter and Form in Artefacts
  17. Chapter 7 The Relation Between Parts and Whole in Artefacts
  18. Chapter 8 The Physics and Metaphysics of Artefacts
  19. Conclusions
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index Locorum
  22. Subject Index

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