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Aristotle on the causal efficacy of perceptible qualities.
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British Journal for the History of Philosophy . Jul2024, p1-25. 25p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aristotle grants perceptible qualities the power to generate sense perception in animals. But it is unclear whether, for him, these qualities can produce any effect other than perception. In this paper, I address this issue through a novel approach. To show that they can produce non-perceptual effects, I explore contexts in his extant works where qualities appear to do causal work in nature without leading to perception in animals. This inquiry aims to demonstrate that Aristotle’s realism about qualities survives a potential threat posed by views that dispute the qualities’ causal efficacy outside perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PERCEPTION in animals
*REALISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09608788
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- British Journal for the History of Philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178225102
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2024.2363388