“Nothing in Nature Is Naturally a Statue”: William of Ockham on Artifacts
Among medieval Aristotelians, William of Ockham defends a minimalist account of artifacts, assigning to statues and houses and beds a unity that is merely spatial or locational rather than metaphysical. Thus, in contrast to his predecessors, Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, he denies that artifacts b...
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Ubiquity Press
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Metaphysics |
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| Online Access: | https://www.metaphysicsjournal.com/articles/7 |