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Single Idea 12085

[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism ]

Full Idea

Reality is directional.

Gist of Idea

Reality is directional

Source

Charlotte Witt (Substance and Essence in Aristotle [1989], 4.5)

Book Ref

Witt,Charlotte: 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' [Cornell 1994], p.134

A Reaction

[Plucked from context! She attributes the view to Aristotle] This slogan beautifully summarises the 'scientific essentialist' view of reality, based not on so-called 'laws', but on the active powers of the stuffs of reality.

The 6 ideas from Charlotte Witt

12066 Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]
12067 An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]
12082 If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]
12085 Reality is directional [Witt]
12089 Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]
12102 Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]