Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics
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.
- The first collection of new essays on neo-Aristotelian metaphysics
- The reader gets a glimpse of ongoing debates between many of the most distinguished philosophers in the field
- Opens the difficult field of the methodology of metaphysics to both newcomers and experts
Reviews & endorsements
'… this book makes a number of powerful and original contributions to the literature on contemporary Aristotelian metaphysics.' George Lăzăroiu, Review of Contemporary Philosophy
'… this collection is undoubtedly a remarkable addition to scholarship. … Tahko has succeeded in providing a stimulating presentation of what metaphysics is, according to contemporary Aristotelian philosophers.' Luca Gili, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
November 2013Paperback
9781107666443
276 pages
230 × 153 × 18 mm
0.4kg
19 b/w illus. 1 table
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Tuomas E. Tahko
- 2. What is metaphysics? Kit Fine
- 3. In defence of Aristotelian metaphysics Tuomas E. Tahko
- 4. Existence and quantification reconsidered Tim Crane
- 5. Identity, quantification, and number Eric T. Olson
- 6. Ontological categories Gary Rosenkrantz
- 7. Are any kinds ontologically fundamental? Alexander Bird
- 8. Are four categories two too many? John Heil
- 9. Categories: four and more Peter Simons
- 10. Neo-Aristotelianism and substance Joshua Hoffman
- 11. Developmental potential Louis M. Guenin
- 12. The origin of life and the definition of life Storrs McCall
- 13. Essence, necessity and explanation Kathrin Koslicki
- 14. No potency without actuality: the case of graph theory David S. Oderberg
- 15. A neo-Aristotelian substance ontology: neither relational nor constituent E. J. Lowe.
