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| Author(s): |
Mateus Ricardo Fernandes Ferreira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas |
| Defense date: | 2008-02-15 |
| Examining board members: |
Lucas Angioni;
Roberto Bolzani Filho;
Inara Zanuzzi
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| Advisor: | Lucas Angioni |
| Abstract | |
This thesis analyses Aristotle¿s discussion about the unity of substance in Metaphysics Z and how it presupposes his commitments on essentialism, necessity and unity of natural kinds stated in the Posterior Analytics. Aristotle does not consider the unity of substance as a basic fact, but he claims to explain it by means of a cause that unifies the constituent elements of a substance. However, in order to satisfy the criterion that those constituents should not be extrinsic to each other (a criterion which the distinction between substance and accidents establishes), Aristotle critically depends on controversial kinds of cause: the formal and teleological causes (AU) | |