R. M. Dancy

Aristotle and Existence

Aristotle tells us more than once that ‘to be’ is said in many ways, whatever that means. I had better say straight off that I can find very little in the present paper that tells us what that means. But in the course of considering what it might mean, Owen, a long time ago (1960), told us that, while some people held that ‘being’ has “a single meaning” in all its applications, Aristotle was one of those who denied this. In his view, to be was to be something or other . . . .1

Aristotle and the Priority of Actuality

Aristotle’s book of metaphysical headaches, Metaphysics B, includes this dilemma(6. 1002b32–1003a5):1

Kant and Critique: New Essays in Honor of W.H. Werkmeister

I: Pure Reason.- The Importance of Kants Strategy in Determining His Early Method.- II: Practical Reason.- Kants Morality of Law and Morality of Freedom.- Could Kant Have Been a Utilitarian?.- III: Judgment.- The Relation of Pleasure to Judgment in Kants Aesthetics.- Is There a Conflict Between Taste and Judgment in Kants Aesthetics?.- IV: The Opus Postumum.- The Concept of Transcendental Idealism in Kants Opus Postumum.- The Two Theses of Kants Opus Postumum.- Index of Passages Cited.