In discussing the philosophical system put forward in PR, we need to point out that not only does Whitehead introduce a novel terminology, but the work itself is somewhat amorphous in character, and this despite his attempt to state a categoreal scheme — a general scheme of ideas in terms of which all our experience is to be described. There is also a considerable amount of overlap between the various parts of this book. It might have been a clearer and more effective work if Whitehead had engaged in some judicious pruning before publication.

Process and Reality

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“greetings, i am an immortal god!”: reading, imagination, and personal divinity in late antiquity, 2nd – 5th centuries ce

The Metaphysics of Mind

From an Ontological Point of View

Vitruvius' De architectura is the only extant classical text on architecture, and its impact on Renaissance masters including Leonardo da Vinci is well-known. But what was the text's purpose in its own time (ca. 20s BCE)? In this book, Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols reveals how Vitruvius pitched the Greek discipline of architecture to his Roman readers, most of whom were undoubtedly laymen. The inaccuracy of Vitruvius' architectural rules, when compared with surviving ancient buildings, has knocked Vitruvius off his pedestal. Nichols argues that the author never intended to provide an accurate view of contemporary buildings. Instead, Vitruvius crafted his authorial persona and remarks on architecture to appeal to elites (and would-be elites) eager to secure their positions within an expanding empire. In this major new analysis of De architectura from archaeological and literary perspectives, Vitruvius emerges as a knowing critic of a social landscape in which the house made the man.

Author and Audience in Vitruvius' De architectura

FOREWORD LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION PART 1: THE AUTHOR'S VOICE: PRESENTATION AND FUNCTION SECTION 1.1 THE AUTHOR'S VOICE IN THE THIRD PERSON SECTION 1.2: THE AUTHOR'S VOICE IN DIALOGUE SECTION 1.3: THE AUTHOR'S VOICE IN THE FIRST PERSON PART 2: THE AUTHOR'S VOICE: AUTHORITY AND ASCRIPTION INDEX

The Author's Voice in Classical and Late Antiquity

Introduction, Anna Marmodoro 1: On the Individuation of Powers, E.J. Lowe 2: Do Powers Need Powers to Make Them Powerful? From Pandispositionalism to Aristotle, Anna Marmodoro 3: Categories and the Ontology of Powers: A Vindication of the Identity Theory of Properties, Kristina Engelhard 4: Powerful Qualities, John Heil 5: Manifestations as Effects, Jennifer McKitrick 6: Puzzling Powers: The Problem of Fit, Neil Williams 7: Dispositions, Manifestations, and Causal Structure, Toby Handfield 8: Causal Powers and Categorical Properties, Brian Ellis 9: A Powerful Theory of Causation, Stephen Mumford and Rani Anjum 10: Causation and the Manifestation of Powers, Alexander Bird 11: Antidotes for Dispositional Essentialism, Markus Schrenk Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

The Metaphysics of Powers : Their Grounding and their Manifestations

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - The metaphysical foundations of perception Introduction 1.1 Aristotle's power ontology 1.2 The nature of causal powers 1.3 Causal powers in actuality 1.4 Relations and relatives 1.5 Causation without glue 1.6 The causal powers model in Physics III 3 Concluding remarks Chapter 2- Aristotle's causal powers theory of perception Introduction 2.1 The faculty of perception 2.2 The five senses 2.3 The power(s) to cause perceptual experiences 2.4 Aristotle's causal powers theory of perception 2.5 Alternative interpretations of De Anima III 2 Concluding remarks Appendix: How do the senses 'take on' perceptible qualities? Chapter 3 - Aristotle's subtle perceptual realism Introduction 3.1 Perceptible qualities in second actuality 3.1.1 The single-track powers view 3.1.2 The multi-track & multi-stage powers view 3.2 Objectivity of content and subjectivity of experience 3.2.1 Aristotle's Subtle Perceptual Realism 3.2.2 Aristotle and McDowell 3.3 The role of the medium in perception Concluding remarks Chapter 4 - The problem of complex perceptual content Introduction 4.1 The common sense and the perception of complex perceptual content 4.2 Simultaneous perception 4.3 Incidental perception 4.4 Perception of the common sensibles 4.5 From the perception of the common sensibles to the perception of objects Concluding remarks Appendix: Varieties of incidental perception Chapter 5 - Unity of subject, operation, content, and time Introduction 5.1 Physical constraints on complex perceptual content 5.2 The unity of subject, of operation and of time 5.3 No duplication of perceptual awareness 5.4 A 'robust' interpretation of the common sense 5.5 A new individuation principle for the common sense Concluding remarks Chapter 6 - Mixing the many and partitioning the one Introduction 6. 1 The Mixed Contents Model 6.2 The Multiple Sensors Model 6.3 The Ratio Model Concluding remarks Chapter 7 - One and many perceptual faculties Introduction 7.1 The Relative Identity Model 7.2 The Substance Model 7.3 The Common Power Model Concluding remarks Chapter 8 - Conclusions Bibliography

Aristotle on Perceiving Objects

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Aristotle's hylomorphism without reconditioning

1. Introduction: The Metaphysics of Relations 2. Relations as Plural Predications in Plato 3. Aristotelian vs. Contemporary Perspectives on Relations 4. Why Do Medieval Philosophers Reject Polyadic Accidents? 5. Positionalism Revisited 6. There Are (Probably) No Relations 7. External Relations, Causal Coincidence, and Contingency 8. Causal Relations 9. Is Powerful Causation an Internal Relation? 10. What a Structuralist Theory of Properties Could Not Be 11. The Foundations of Structuralism and the Metaphysics of Relations 12. Relations All the Way Down? Against Ontic Structural Realism 13. The Reality of Relations: the Case From Quantum Physics 14. Rovelli's Relational Quantum Mechanics, Anti-Monism and Quantum Becoming Bibliography Index

Anna Marmodoro

Papers

The Author's Voice in Classical and Late Antiquity

The Metaphysics of Powers : Their Grounding and their Manifestations

Aristotle on Perceiving Objects

Aristotle's hylomorphism without reconditioning

The metaphysics of relations