Della Rocca's Critique of Aristotle's Form and Substance and the Arguments in Metaphysics vii 17.

The article examines various critiques of Aristotle's theory of form and substance. One critique argues that Aristotle fails to adequately explain the substantiality of a substance and that his notion of form is unclear. Another critique suggests that Aristotle's assumption of a substance as a related entity leads to a regress problem. However, the article also defends Aristotle's theory, arguing that his concept of form can be identified with essence or soul and that a substance is a unified whole composed of matter and form. The article acknowledges that there are unanswered questions and that the discussion only addresses specific arguments against Aristotle's theory. [Extracted from the article]