Aristotle's metaphysics : form, matter, and identity /: form, matter, and identity. (2011)
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- Book
- Title:
- Aristotle's metaphysics : form, matter, and identity /: form, matter, and identity. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Aristotle's metaphysics : form, matter, and identity
- Further Information:
- Note: Jeremy Kirby.
- Other Names:
- Kirby, Jeremy
- Contents:
- Introduction i. The Metaphysics of Aristotle ii. Two Challenges to Change iii. Matter, Form, and Paradox 1. Matters of Individuation i. Matters of Change ii. Matters of Difference iii. Identity, Diversity, and Unity iv. Aristotle and the Absolutist versus Relativist Controversy v. The Bare Materials vi. Prime Matter, Somatic Matter, and Individuation vii. The Varieties of Matter viii. Two Old Arguments against Migration ix. A Possible Objection x. Conclusion 2. Resurrection and Entrapment i. A Putative Response to the Puzzle of Simple Composition ii. Anastasis and Anachronism iii. Scientific and Dialectical Contexts iv. Possibility and Inevitability v. Eternal Recurrence Limited vi. Eternality and Essentialism vii. Resurrection, Migration, and Gappy Existences viii. Resurrection and the Problem of Shared Identity ix. Aristotle's Rejection of Migration x. Conclusion 4. Aristotle on Composition and the Puzzle of Unityi. Composition ii. The Puzzle of Unity iii. The Popular Strategy iv. Eliminativism v. The Identity Thesis vi. Constituency as Adjectival Being vii. Toward a Relational Unity viii. Teleological Dependence as the Adhesive for Unity ix. Conclusion 5. Particularities and the Puzzle of Composition i. Haecceities ii. The Problem of Universals iii. The Zeta Problem iv. No Substance is a Universal v. Conclusion 5. Conclusion i. The Puzzle of Simple Composition Revisited ii. Alternative Proposals for Resolving the Puzzle of Simple Composition iii. The Puzzle ofIntroduction i. The Metaphysics of Aristotle ii. Two Challenges to Change iii. Matter, Form, and Paradox 1. Matters of Individuation i. Matters of Change ii. Matters of Difference iii. Identity, Diversity, and Unity iv. Aristotle and the Absolutist versus Relativist Controversy v. The Bare Materials vi. Prime Matter, Somatic Matter, and Individuation vii. The Varieties of Matter viii. Two Old Arguments against Migration ix. A Possible Objection x. Conclusion 2. Resurrection and Entrapment i. A Putative Response to the Puzzle of Simple Composition ii. Anastasis and Anachronism iii. Scientific and Dialectical Contexts iv. Possibility and Inevitability v. Eternal Recurrence Limited vi. Eternality and Essentialism vii. Resurrection, Migration, and Gappy Existences viii. Resurrection and the Problem of Shared Identity ix. Aristotle's Rejection of Migration x. Conclusion 4. Aristotle on Composition and the Puzzle of Unityi. Composition ii. The Puzzle of Unity iii. The Popular Strategy iv. Eliminativism v. The Identity Thesis vi. Constituency as Adjectival Being vii. Toward a Relational Unity viii. Teleological Dependence as the Adhesive for Unity ix. Conclusion 5. Particularities and the Puzzle of Composition i. Haecceities ii. The Problem of Universals iii. The Zeta Problem iv. No Substance is a Universal v. Conclusion 5. Conclusion i. The Puzzle of Simple Composition Revisited ii. Alternative Proposals for Resolving the Puzzle of Simple Composition iii. The Puzzle of Transplantation Postscript Bibliography. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Continuum
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (172 pages)
- Subjects:
- 110.92
Metaphysics - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441101990
1441101993 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781441154613
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