Dear all,
Just a reminder that the SMG meets this morning at 11am. Our speaker is Irena Cronin (UCLA), giving a talk entitled _On Aristotelian Universals and Individuals: the "Vink" that is in body and may be in me_. Further details below. Best wishes, Matthew Simpson On 30-01-2014 17:23, Matthew Simpson wrote: > Dear all, > > The next SMG meeting will take place on Wednesday 5th Feb, 11am-12.30pm in > the philosophy faculty board room. Our speaker is Irena Cronin (UCLA) who > will give a talk entitled _On Aristotelian Universals and Individuals: the > "Vink" that is in body and may be in me_ (abstract below). > > I hope to see you there. > > Best wishes, > > Matthew Simpson > > Irena Cronin - _On Aristotelian Universals and Individuals: the "Vink" that > is in body and may be in me_ > > "G. E. L. Owen, in his influential paper "Inherence," talks of "vink," a name > he has created for a particular shade of the color pink, and this "vink" > serves as an individual in the Aristotelian category of quality. Owen was one > of the first to aim to discredit the belief that J. L. Ackrill and his camp > espoused, the belief that Aristotle thought that "general attributes are not > in individuals, particular attributes are not in more than one individual." I > postulate that there is nothing here that does not preclude the existence of > transferable nonsubstantial particulars, and base this view on passages from > Aristotle's _Categories _and certain examples found in Ammonius's commentary > and _On Colors_. Given this, a nonsubstantial particular of "vink" would not > have to rely on having inhered in just one particular body to have existence, > however, it would have to inhere in at least one particular body." > > -- > Matthew Simpson > PhD Student in Philosophy > University of Cambridge > Mail: Robinson College, Cambridge, CB3 9AN -- Matthew Simpson PhD Student in Philosophy University of Cambridge Mail: Robinson College, Cambridge, CB3 9AN
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