THE METAPHYSICAL ASSUMPTIONS OF THE ARISTOTELIAN DOCTRINE OF FOURFOLD CAUSALITY. AN ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

• Authors: Rosiak M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The nature of coming into being is a fundamental problem of every realistic metaphysics. Its explanation can be thus regarded as a test of a metaphysical system. The paper investigates the Aristotelian doctrine of becoming based on a system of four coordinated causes. This doctrine influenced the majority of subsequent metaphysical systems in an essential way. The author's analysis does not concentrate on historical questions but tries to reconstruct a basic fragment of the metaphysical system itself.

Keywords

EN

ARISTOTLE; COORDINATED CAUSES; REALISTIC METAPHYSICS

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123-145
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rosiak M.

• M. Rosiak, Uniwersytet Lódzki, Instytut Filozofii, Katedra Logiki, ul.Kopcinskiego 16/18, 90-232 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02905923