Contemporary Aristotelian metaphysics / edited by Tuomas E. Tahko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tahko, Tuomas E., 1982- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Aristotle. Metaphysics.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction / Tuomas E. Tahko

1. What is metaphysics? / Kit Fine

2. In defence of Aristotelian metaphysics / Tuomas E. Tahko

3. Existence and quantification reconsidered / Tim Crane

4. Identity, quantification, and number / Eric T. Olson

5. Ontological categories / Gary Rosenkrantz

6. Are any kinds ontologically fundamental? / Alexander Bird

7/ Are four categories two too many? / John Heil

8. Categories: four

and more / Peter Simons

9. Neo-Aristotelianism and substance / Joshua Hoffman

10. Developmental potential / Louis M. Guenin

11. The origin of life and the definition of life / Storrs McCall

12. Essence, necessity and explanation / Kathrin Koslicki

13. No potency without actuality: the case of graph theory / David S. Oderberg

14. A neo-Aristotelian substance ontology: neither relational nor constituent / E.J. Lowe.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-19964-1

1-107-22648-1

1-280-48447-0

9786613579454

1-139-20552-8

1-139-20333-9

1-139-20631-1

1-139-20191-3

1-139-20473-4

0-511-73225-2

OCLC:

775869618