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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