Aristotle on the Category of Relation - Pamela M. Hood - Paperback Bog - University Press of America - 2004 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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In Aristotle on the Category of Relation, Pamela Hood challenges the view that Aristotle''s conception of relation is so divergent from our own that it does not count as a theory of relation at all. Professor Hood examines Aristotle''s various treatments of relation and relational entities with a special focus on Aristotle''s two central texts on relation, Categories 7 and Metaphysics V.15. While the common view is that Aristotle does not have, and indeed could not have, a theory that accounts for dyadic relations, Hood''s analysis reveals Aristotle''s deep commitment to the dyadic nature of relation. She also unearths a feature in Aristotle''s relational theory that appears to account not only for the terms of a dyadic relation, but also for the relation itself. This book presents compelling evidence that Aristotle''s theory of relation is more robust than originally suspected.