Substantial knowledge : Aristotle's metaphysics /

Substantial knowledge : Aristotle's metaphysics /

"Aristotle's theory of substance is commonly viewed nowadays as an inconsistent amalgam of different accounts, developed at different times." "In a clear and engaging style, C. D. C. Reeve's groundbreaking new book challenges this received view. Through careful analysis of p...

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Main Author: Reeve, C. D. C., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub., c2000
Indianapolis : ©2000
Indianapolis, IN : 2000
Indianapolis, IN : c2000
Indianapolis, IN : [2000]
Subjects:
Aristotle
Aristotle > Contributions in metaphysics
Aristotle > Contributions in philosophy of substance
Metaphysics
Philosophy of substance
Substance (Philosophy)
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Platonism 1
  • 1.1 Separation 1
  • 1.2 Platonic Forms 10
  • 1.3 Problems with Platonic Forms 13
  • 2 Scientific Knowledge 18
  • 2.1 Aristotelian Sciences 18
  • 2.2 Dialectic and First Principles 21
  • 2.3 Natural Sciences 27
  • 2.4 Natural and Theoretical Sciences 35
  • 2.5 Exact and Inexact Sciences 38
  • 3 Essence 43
  • 3.1 Natural Beings 43
  • 3.2 How Natural Beings Come-to-Be 45
  • 3.3 How Human Beings Come-to-Be 48
  • 3.4 The Inheritance of Understanding 55
  • 3.5 Artifactual Essences 60
  • 3.6 Mathematical Essences 63
  • 3.7 Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences 66
  • 3.8 The Definition of an Essence 70
  • 3.9 The Parts of an Essence 80
  • 3.10 The Formal Element of an Essence 83
  • 3.11 Other Essences 88
  • 4 Being as Substance 89
  • 4.1 Intrinsic Being 89
  • 4.2 Coincidental Being 92
  • 4.3 Categories of Intrinsic Being 94
  • 4.4 Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings 96
  • 4.5 Substantial Intrinsic Beings 98
  • 4.6 The Structure of Intrinsic Being 100
  • 4.7 The Task of Categories 105
  • 4.8 Primary Substance[subscript c] 112
  • 5 Per Ceptible Substance 115
  • 5.1 Perceptible Substance and Change 115
  • 5.2 Primary Substance[subscript m] 123
  • 5.3 Form 125
  • 5.4 Suniversals 130
  • 5.5 Winners and Losers 132
  • 6 Substance as Form 134
  • 6.1 Potentiality and Actuality 134
  • 6.2 Activities and Their Ends 140
  • 6.3 Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]? 147
  • 7 Intelligible Substance 149
  • 7.1 Sight as a Model for Understanding 149
  • 7.2 Passive Understanding 160
  • 7.3 Productive Understanding 167
  • 7.4 Self-Understanding 174
  • 7.5 Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings 182
  • 7.6 Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]? 188
  • 8 Divine Substance 190
  • 8.1 God as Unmoved Mover 190
  • 8.2 God and the Heavens 209
  • 8.3 God's Essence 219
  • 8.4 God and "the Nature of the Whole" 230
  • 8.5 God as Primary Substance[subscript m]? 237
  • 9 The Science of Being Qua Being 240
  • 9.1 Primary Science and Its Problems 240
  • 9.2 Special and Universal Sciences 247
  • 9.3 Theoretical Philosophies and First Principles 258
  • 9.4 Primary Philosophy and Non-Contradiction 260
  • 9.5 Non-Contradiction Demonstrated 271
  • 9.6 Primary Philosophy as Primary Science? 273
  • 9.7 Theology as Primary Science? 277
  • 9.8 The Primacy Dilemma Solved 282
  • 9.9 Post Dilemma Metaphysics 287
  • 10 Aristotelianism 291
  • 10.1 The Primacy Dilemma Revisited 291
  • 10.2 Aristotelianism or Platonism? 293
  • 10.3 Aristotle Without God? 298
  • 10.4 Aristotle's Conception of Philosophy 300
  • Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
  • 1 Platonism
  • 1.1. Separation
  • 1.2. Platonic Forms
  • 1.3. Problems with Platonic Forms
  • 2. Scientific Knowledge
  • 2.1. Aristotelian Sciences
  • 2.2. Dialectic and First Principles
  • 2.3. Natural Sciences
  • 2.4. Natural and Theoretical Sciences
  • 2.5. Exact and Inexact Sciences
  • 3. Essence
  • 3.1. Natural Beings
  • 3.2. How Natural Beings Come-to-Be
  • 3.3. How Human Beings Come-to-Be
  • 3.4. Inheritance of Understanding
  • 3.5. Artifactual Essences
  • 3.6. Mathematical Essences
  • 3.7. Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences
  • 3.8. Definition of an Essence
  • 3.9. Parts of an Essence
  • 3.10. Formal Element of an Essence
  • 3.11. Other Essences
  • 4. Being as Substance
  • 4.1. Intrinsic Being
  • 4.2. Coincidental Being
  • 4.3. Categories of Intrinsic Being
  • 4.4. Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • 4.5. Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • 4.6. Structure of Intrinsic Being
  • 4.7. Task of Categories
  • 4.8. Primary Substance[subscript c]
  • 5. Perceptible Substance
  • 5.1. Perceptible Substance and Change
  • 5.2. Primary Substance[subscript m]
  • 5.3. Form
  • 5.4. Suniversals
  • 5.5. Winners and Losers
  • 6. Substance as Form
  • 6.1. Potentiality and Actuality
  • 6.2. Activities and Their Ends
  • 6.3. Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 7. Intelligible Substance
  • 7.1. Sight as a Model for Understanding
  • 7.2. Passive Understanding
  • 7.3. Productive Understanding
  • 7.4. Self-Understanding
  • 7.5. Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings
  • 7.6. Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 8. Divine Substance
  • 8.1. God as Unmoved Mover
  • 8.2. God and the Heavens
  • 8.3. God's Essence
  • 8.4. God and "the Nature of the Whole"
  • 8.5. God as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 9. Science of Being Qua Being
  • 9.1. Primary Science and Its Problems
  • 9.2. Special and Universal Sciences
  • 9.3. Theoretical Philosophies and First Principles
  • 9.4. Primary Philosophy and Non-Contradiction
  • 9.5. Non-Contradiction Demonstrated
  • 9.6. Primary Philosophy as Primary Science?
  • 9.7. Theology as Primary Science?
  • 9.8. Primacy Dilemma Solved
  • 9.9. Post Dilemma Metaphysics
  • 10. Aristotelianism
  • 10.1. Primary Dilemma Revisited
  • 10.2. Aristotelianism or Platonism?
  • 10.3. Aristotle Without God?
  • 10.4. Aristotle's Conception of Philosophy.
  • Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
  • 1 Platonism
  • 1.1. Separation
  • 1.2. Platonic Forms
  • 1.3. Problems with Platonic Forms
  • 2. Scientific Knowledge
  • 2.1. Aristotelian Sciences
  • 2.2. Dialectic and First Principles
  • 2.3. Natural Sciences
  • 2.4. Natural and Theoretical Sciences
  • 2.5. Exact and Inexact Sciences
  • 3. Essence
  • 3.1. Natural Beings
  • 3.2. How Natural Beings Come-to-Be
  • 3.3. How Human Beings Come-to-Be
  • 3.4. The Inheritance of Understanding
  • 3.5. Artifactual Essences
  • 3.6. Mathematical Essences
  • 3.7. Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences
  • 3.8. The Definition of an Essence
  • 3.9. The Parts of an Essence
  • 3.10. The Formal Element of an Essence
  • 3.11. Other Essences
  • 4. Being as Substance
  • 4.1. Intrinsic Being
  • 4.2. Coincidental Being
  • 4.3. Categories of Intrinsic Being
  • 4.4. Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • 4.5. Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • 4.6. The Structure of Intrinsic Being
  • 4.7. The Task of Categories
  • 4.8. Primary Substance[subscript c]
  • 5. Perceptible Substance
  • 5.1. Perceptible Substance and Change
  • 5.2. Primary Substance[subscript m]
  • 5.3. Form
  • 5.4. Suniversals
  • 5.5. Winners and Losers
  • 6. Substance as Form
  • 6.1. Potentiality and Actuality
  • 6.2. Activities and Their Ends
  • 6.3. Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 7. Intelligible Substance
  • 7.1. Sight as a Model for Understanding
  • 7.2. Passive Understanding
  • 7.3. Productive Understanding
  • 7.4. Self-Understanding
  • 7.5. Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings
  • 7.6. Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 8. Divine Substance
  • 8.1. God as Unmoved Mover
  • 8.2. God and the Heavens
  • 8.3. God's Essence
  • 8.4. God and "the Nature of the Whole"
  • 8.5. God as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
  • 1 Platonism. 1.1. Separation. 1.2. Platonic Forms. 1.3. Problems with Platonic Forms
  • 2. Scientific Knowledge. 2.1. Aristotelian Sciences. 2.2. Dialectic and First Principles. 2.3. Natural Sciences. 2.4. Natural and Theoretical Sciences. 2.5. Exact and Inexact Sciences
  • 3. Essence. 3.1. Natural Beings. 3.2. How Natural Beings Come-to-Be. 3.3. How Human Beings Come-to-Be. 3.4. The Inheritance of Understanding. 3.5. Artifactual Essences. 3.6. Mathematical Essences. 3.7. Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences. 3.8. The Definition of an Essence. 3.9. The Parts of an Essence. 3.10. The Formal Element of an Essence. 3.11. Other Essences
  • 4. Being as Substance. 4.1. Intrinsic Being. 4.2. Coincidental Being. 4.3. Categories of Intrinsic Being. 4.4. Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings. 4.5. Substantial Intrinsic Beings. 4.6. The Structure of Intrinsic Being. 4.7. The Task of Categories. 4.8. Primary Substance[subscript c]
  • 5. Perceptible Substance. 5.1. Perceptible Substance and Change. 5.2. Primary Substance[subscript m]. 5.3. Form. 5.4. Suniversals. 5.5. Winners and Losers
  • 6. Substance as Form. 6.1. Potentiality and Actuality. 6.2. Activities and Their Ends. 6.3. Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 7. Intelligible Substance. 7.1. Sight as a Model for Understanding. 7.2. Passive Understanding. 7.3. Productive Understanding. 7.4. Self-Understanding. 7.5. Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings. 7.6. Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 8. Divine Substance. 8.1. God as Unmoved Mover. 8.2. God and the Heavens. 8.3. God's Essence. 8.4. God and "the Nature of the Whole" 8.5. God as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 9. The Science of Being Qua Being. 9.1. Primary Science and Its Problems. 9.2. Special and Universal Sciences. 9.3. Theoretical Philosophies and First Principles. 9.4. Primary Philosophy and Non-Contradiction. 9.5. Non-Contradiction Demonstrated. 9.6. Primary Philosophy as Primary Science? 9.7. Theology as Primary Science? 9.8. The Primacy Dilemma Solved. 9.9. Post Dilemma Metaphysics
  • 10. Aristotelianism. 10.1. The Primary Dilemma Revisited. 10.2. Aristotelianism or Platonism? 10.3. Aristotle Without God? 10.4. Aristotle's Conception of Philosophy.
  • Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works
  • 1 Platonism. 1.1. Separation. 1.2. Platonic Forms. 1.3. Problems with Platonic Forms
  • 2. Scientific Knowledge. 2.1. Aristotelian Sciences. 2.2. Dialectic and First Principles. 2.3. Natural Sciences. 2.4. Natural and Theoretical Sciences. 2.5. Exact and Inexact Sciences
  • 3. Essence. 3.1. Natural Beings. 3.2. How Natural Beings Come-to-Be. 3.3. How Human Beings Come-to-Be. 3.4. The Inheritance of Understanding. 3.5. Artifactual Essences. 3.6. Mathematical Essences. 3.7. Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences. 3.8. The Definition of an Essence. 3.9. The Parts of an Essence. 3.10. The Formal Element of an Essence. 3.11. Other Essences
  • 4. Being as Substance. 4.1. Intrinsic Being. 4.2. Coincidental Being. 4.3. Categories of Intrinsic Being. 4.4. Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings. 4.5. Substantial Intrinsic Beings. 4.6. The Structure of Intrinsic Being. 4.7. The Task of Categories.
  • Platonism
  • Separation
  • Platonic Forms
  • Problems with Platonic Forms
  • Scientific Knowledge
  • Aristotelian Sciences
  • Dialectic and First Principles
  • Natural Sciences
  • Natural and Theoretical Sciences
  • Exact and Inexact Sciences
  • Essence
  • Natural Beings
  • How Natural Beings Come-to-Be
  • How Human Beings Come-to-Be
  • The Inheritance of Understanding
  • Artifactual Essences
  • Mathematical Essences
  • Penmattered Natural Essences and Inexact Sciences
  • The Definition of an Essence
  • The Parts of an Essence
  • The Formal Element of an Essence
  • Other Essences
  • Being as Substance
  • Intrinsic Being
  • Coincidental Being
  • Categories of Intrinsic Being
  • Non-Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • Substantial Intrinsic Beings
  • The Structure of Intrinsic Being
  • The Task of Categories
  • Primary Substance[subscript c]
  • Per Ceptible Substance
  • Perceptible Substance and Change
  • Primary Substance[subscript m]
  • Form
  • Suniversals
  • Winners and Losers
  • Substance as Form
  • Potentiality and Actuality
  • Activities and Their Ends
  • Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • Intelligible Substance
  • Sight as a Model for Understanding
  • Passive Understanding
  • Productive Understanding
  • Self-Understanding
  • Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings
  • Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • Divine Substance
  • God as Unmoved Mover
  • God and the Heavens
  • God's Essence
  • God and "the Nature of the Whole"
  • God as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 4.8 Primary Substance[subscript c]
  • 5. Perceptible Substance. 5.1. Perceptible Substance and Change. 5.2. Primary Substance[subscript m]. 5.3. Form. 5.4. Suniversals. 5.5. Winners and Losers
  • 6. Substance as Form. 6.1. Potentiality and Actuality. 6.2. Activities and Their Ends. 6.3. Activity as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 7. Intelligible Substance. 7.1. Sight as a Model for Understanding. 7.2. Passive Understanding. 7.3. Productive Understanding. 7.4. Self-Understanding. 7.5. Human Beings as Their Self-Understandings. 7.6. Self-Understanding as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 8. Divine Substance. 8.1. God as Unmoved Mover. 8.2. God and the Heavens. 8.3. God's Essence. 8.4. God and "the Nature of the Whole" 8.5. God as Primary Substance[subscript m]?
  • 9. The Science of Being Qua Being. 9.1. Primary Science and Its Problems. 9.2. Special and Universal Sciences. 9.3. Theoretical Philosophies and First Principles.
  • 9 The Science of Being Qua Being
  • 9.1. Primary Science and Its Problems
  • 9.2. Special and Universal Sciences
  • 9.3. Theoretical Philosophies and First Principles
  • 9.4. Primary Philosophy and Non-Contradiction
  • 9.5. Non-Contradiction Demonstrated
  • 9.6. Primary Philosophy as Primary Science?
  • 9.7. Theology as Primary Science?
  • 9.8. The Primacy Dilemma Solved
  • 9.9. Post Dilemma Metaphysics
  • 10. Aristotelianism
  • 10.1. The Primary Dilemma Revisited
  • 10.2. Aristotelianism or Platonism?
  • 10.3. Aristotle Without God?
  • 10.4. Aristotle's Conception of Philosophy.
  • 9.4 Primary Philosophy and Non-Contradiction. 9.5. Non-Contradiction Demonstrated. 9.6. Primary Philosophy as Primary Science? 9.7. Theology as Primary Science? 9.8. The Primacy Dilemma Solved. 9.9. Post Dilemma Metaphysics
  • 10. Aristotelianism. 10.1. The Primary Dilemma Revisited. 10.2. Aristotelianism or Platonism? 10.3. Aristotle Without God? 10.4. Aristotle's Conception of Philosophy.

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