Thesis
Why are statements unable to receive contraries over time?
- Alternative title:
- A study of Aristotle’s final argument in Categories, chapter 5 [4a10-4b19]
- Abstract:
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In Categories chapter 5 [4a10-4b19], Aristotle sets out to defend the claim that primary substances are the only individual existents which admit of receiving contrary attributes over time. To perform this task, he considers whether a statement may also admit of receiving contraries. It is the contention of this study that Aristotle disqualifies simple present-tensed statements from admitting of receiving contraries in their own right, by only allowing for the same statem...
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+ Peramatzis, M
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Worcester College
Role:
Supervisor
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- MSt
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
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English
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- UUID:
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uuid:50a2bfaf-645c-41d5-913b-2e6595fce6b2
- Deposit date:
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2019-07-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Buongiorno, A
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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