SYLLOGISMS AND EXISTENCE IN ARISTOTLE’S POSTERIOR ANALYTICS

AUTOR(ES)

Karbowski, Joseph

FONTE

Manuscrito

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

07/11/2019

RESUMO

Abstract In this paper I examine how Aristotle thinks syllogisms establish existence. I argue against the traditional "Instantiation" reading and in favor of an alternative "causal" or "structural" account of existential syllogisms. On my interpretation, syllogisms establish the existence of kinds by revealing that they are per se unities whose features are causally underwritten by a single cause/essence. They do so by tracing correlations between propria--peculiar, coextensive features--of the kind in question.

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