TY  - GEN
T1  - Substance and essence in Aristotle : an interpretation of Metaphysics VII-IX
A1  - Witt, Charlotte, 1951-
LA  - English
PP  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
YR  - 1989
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1037272804
AB  - Substance and Essence in Aristotle is a close study of Aristotle's most profound-and perplexing-treatise: Books VII-IX of the Metaphysics. These central books, which focus on the nature of substance, have gained a deserved reputation for their difficulty, inconclusiveness, and internal inconsistency. Despite these problems, Witt extracts from Aristotle's text a coherent and provocative view about sensible substance by focusing on Aristotle's account of form or essence. After exploring the context in which Aristotle's discussion of sensible substance takes place, Witt turns to his analysis of essence. Arguing against the received interpretation, according to which essences are classificatory, Witt maintains that a substance's essence is what causes it to exist. In addition, Substance and Essence in Aristotle challenges the orthodox view that Aristotelian essences are species-essences, defending instead the controversial position that they are individual essences. Finally, Witt compares Aristotelian essentialism to contemporary essentialist theories, focusing in particular on Kripke's work. She concludes that fundamental differences between Aristotelian and contemporary essentialist theories highlight important features of Aristotle's theory and the philosophical problems and milieu that engendered it.
OP  - 201
CN  - B434 .W58 1989eb
SN  - 9781501711510
SN  - 1501711512
SN  - 0801421268
SN  - 9780801421266
SN  - 0801481929
SN  - 9780801481925
KW  - Aristotle. : Metaphysics.
KW  - Aristote. : Métaphysique.
KW  - Aristote : Et l'essentialisme.
KW  - Metaphysics (Aristotle)
KW  - Aristoteles : v384-v322 : Metaphysica : 7-9
KW  - Aristote, : (0384-0322 av. J.-C.) : Métaphysique.
KW  - Aristoteles. : Metaphysica 7-9.
KW  - Metaphysics.
KW  - Essentialism (Philosophy)
KW  - First philosophy.
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - Métaphysique.
KW  - Essence (Philosophie)
KW  - metaphysics.
KW  - PHILOSOPHY : Metaphysics.
KW  - First philosophy
KW  - Metaphysica (Aristoteles)
KW  - Essence (philosophie)
KW  - Substance (philosophie)
KW  - Metaphysics : Aristotle : 'Metaphysics'
ER  -