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Single Idea 11276

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 2. Aporiai ]

Full Idea

Aporia 15: Are the principles of things universals or particulars?

Gist of Idea

Aporia 15: Are the causes of things universals or particulars?

Source

report of Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1003a05-17) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 3.4

Book Ref

Politis,Vasilis: 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' [Routledge 2004], p.89

A Reaction

Aristotle seems to be groping for a compromise answer. Explanations must be universal, but primary being seems to reside in the particulars. The modern idea of Aristotelianism is universals-only-in-particulars.

The 21 ideas with the same theme [conflicts of thought that baffled and provoked the Greeks]:

11259 How can you seek knowledge of something if you don't know it? [Plato]
11258 We must start with our puzzles, and progress by solving them, as they reveal the real difficulty [Aristotle]
11262 Aporia 1: is there one science of explanation, or many? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11263 Aporia 2: Does one science investigate both ultimate and basic principles of being? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11264 Aporia 3: Does one science investigate all being, or does each kind of being have a science? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11265 Aporia 4: Does metaphysics just investigate pure being, or also the characteristics of being? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11266 Aporia 5: Do other things exist besides what is perceptible by the senses? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11267 Aporia 6: Are the basic principles of a thing the kinds to which it belongs, or its components? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11268 Aporia 7: Is a thing's kind the most general one, or the most specific one? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11269 Aporia 8: Are there general kinds, or merely particulars? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11270 Aporia 9: Is there one principle, or one kind of principle? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11271 Aporia 10: Do perishables and imperishables have the same principle? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11272 Aporia 11: Are primary being and unity distinct, or only in the things that are? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11273 Aporia 12: Do mathematical entities exist independently, or only in objects? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11274 Aporia 13: Are there kinds, as well as particulars and mathematical entities? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11275 Aporia 14: Are ultimate causes of things potentialities, or must they be actual? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11276 Aporia 15: Are the causes of things universals or particulars? [Aristotle, by Politis]
11261 Puzzles arise when reasoning seems equal on both sides [Aristotle]
19581 A problem is a solid mass, which the mind must break up [Novalis]
21838 Before we seek solutions, it is important to invent problems [Deleuze]
13931 By using aporiai as his start, Aristotle can defer to the wise, as well as to the many [Haslanger]