Publication Details
Brook, A.
(2024).
Power, capacity, disposition and categorical properties: A roughly Aristotelian proposal.
Metaphysica: Zeitschrift fuer Ontologie und Metaphysik,.
Abstract
This paper proposes a roughly Aristotelian account of powers ontology. In doing so, the paper uses the distinction found in Aristotle between four analogous senses of potency to explain causation and the existence-essence distinction in substances. On this basis, the paper offers some justification in support of the claims that powers and dispositions are the truth-makers of categorical properties and that categorical properties are ontologically dependent upon powers and dispositions.
Keywords
Aristotle, substance, powers ontology, dispositions, act and potency