Aristotle on Artifacts Peter Kerr

Aristotle on Artifacts Peter KerrInvestigates Aristotle's views on the ontological status of artifacts in the Metaphysics, with implications for a variety of metaphysical problems. Previous commentators on the Metaphysics have attributed to Aristotle the belief that all living beings are substances. This book challenges the prevailing view by addressing the question of whether, according to Aristotle, artifacts are substances. By arguing that the two criteria of substantiality are

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This volume collects together Peter Winch's previously unpublished lectures on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza

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