Kooky objects revisited: aristotle's ontology
read more
Citations
Aristotelian Endurantism: A New Solution to the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics
Aristotle on Time: A Study of the Physics
Aristotle on Accidental Causation
Polarity and Inseparability: The Foundation of the Apodictic Portion of Aristotle's Modal Logic
Substance, body and soul: Aristotelian investigations
References
Sameness without identity : An aristotelian solution to the problem of material constitution
Aristotle's response to Quine's objections to modal logic
Related Papers (5)
Frequently Asked Questions (8)
Q2. what is the main purpose of the article?
It is obvious that an ontology that restricts itself to ordinary individuals (i.e., c-substances, later identified as hylomorphic compounds) and their abstract properties will have to reject kooky objects.
Q3. What is the meaning of the passage?
A compound kooky object, like the musical man, is doubly dependent; it depends for its existence not only on its underlying substance but also on the simple kooky object, the musical.
Q4. What are the properties of a c-substance?
Its essential properties are those that are part of the definition of its form; its accidental properties are those that are essential to the various kooky objects with which it coincides.
Q5. what makes the primary substance, the man, appear to be more like a universal?
This makes the primary substance, the man, appear to be more like a universal: one thing capable of coinciding, simultaneously, with many different things.
Q6. What is the meaning of kooky objects?
A kooky object is clearly not a substance, something that exists in its own right; rather, it depends for its existence on the substance with which it coincides.
Q7. Who is the author of this journal?
I especially want to express my gratitude to Gary Matthews for inspiring me to write on this topic, and for his endless support and encouragement over the past forty years.r 2008 The Author Journal compilation r 2008 Metaphilosophy LLC and Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Q8. What is the metaphysics of kooky objects?
For from the hylomorphic perspective of the Metaphysics, csubstances are composites of matter and form and are therefore22 The authoradopt the terminology of Wedin 2000.r 2008 The Author Journal compilation r 2008 Metaphilosophy LLC and Blackwell Publishing Ltdsubstances in only a secondary sense.