Abstract

GONZALEZ VARELA, José Edgar. Nature and Substance The Case of Artifacts in Aristotle's Metaphysics. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2016, vol.65, n.161, pp.185-215. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v65n161.43045.

Aristotle seems to deny the ontological status of artifacts which are not substances. In this paper I discuss the basic regarding this topic and its main intepretations. I discuss R. Katayama's opinion to show that he is right to underline the importance of the trait of separation, but he is wrong regarding the the notion of separation. My thesis is that neither the forms of natural things nor those of artifacts are separable from the composites, but the former possess a different kind of separation from other forms or species, which the latter do not possess. Hence, the former are substances.

Keywords : Aristotle; R. Katayama; artifacts; substance.

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