Dependence and Fundamentality
I argue that dependence is neither necessary nor sufficient for relative fundamentality. I then introduce the notion of 'likeness in nature' and provide an account of relative fundamentality in terms of it and the notion of dependence. Finally, I discuss some puzzles that arise in Aristotl...
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doaj-22c52762d5d64d20ac5d8f3dacb98ac62020-11-24T21:01:27ZdeuUniversity of TartuStudia Philosophica Estonica1736-58992014-12-017.252810.12697/spe.2014.7.2.02Dependence and FundamentalityJustin Zylstra0Department of Philosophy, University of AlbertaI argue that dependence is neither necessary nor sufficient for relative fundamentality. I then introduce the notion of 'likeness in nature' and provide an account of relative fundamentality in terms of it and the notion of dependence. Finally, I discuss some puzzles that arise in Aristotle's Categories, to which the theory developed is applied.http://www.spe.ut.ee/ojs/index.php/spe/article/view/spe.2014.7.2.02dependencefundamentalityAristotelian metaphysics |
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I argue that dependence is neither necessary nor sufficient for relative fundamentality. I then introduce the notion of 'likeness in nature' and provide an account of relative fundamentality in terms of it and the notion of dependence. Finally, I discuss some puzzles that arise in Aristotle's Categories, to which the theory developed is applied. |
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