• The Hegemony of Form and the Resistance of Matter

    Author(s):
    Christopher Long (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Philosophy
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Aristotle, Ancient Philosophy
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6532G
    Abstract:
    This article offers an interpretation of the transition that occurs in Physics A.7, in which Aristotle establishes an important new role for form in accounting for ontological identity. It then turns to Heidegger’s interpretation of Aristotle’s conception of physis in order to show the dangers, both ontological and ethical, endemic to Heidegger’s absolute affirmation of the notion of form in Aristotle. Finally, by way of Aristotle’s biological writings and Metaphysics, the article suggests that Aristotle cannot, and in fact did not, reject the important role matter has to play in establishing ontological identity.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.5840/gfpj19992125
    Publisher:
    Philosophy Documentation Center
    Pub. Date:
    2012-10-19
    Journal:
    Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
    Volume:
    21
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    21 - 46
    ISSN:
    0093-4240
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    7 years ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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