{"product_id":"aristotle-on-artifacts-a-metaphysical-puzzle-9780791443187","title":"Aristotle on Artifacts: A Metaphysical Puzzle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigates Aristotle's views on the ontological status of artifacts in the Metaphysics, with implications for a variety of metaphysical problems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrevious commentators on the Metaphysics have attributed to Aristotle the belief that all living beings are substances. This book challenges the prevailing view by addressing the question of whether, according to Aristotle, artifacts are substances. By arguing that the two criteria of substantiality are \"eternity\" and \"actuality\" (thereby excluding some organisms), and by covering Aristotle's theory of art and nature as well as his embryology, Aristotle on Artifacts offers a novel way of dealing with a number of highly controversial issues and variety of metaphysical problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Errol G. Katayama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 5.90w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791443187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErrol G. Katayama \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Iowa State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45149083500659,"sku":"9780791443187","price":66.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_419d3438-44d2-4d71-8f93-d0a1a967c3d8.jpg?v=1783018027","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/aristotle-on-artifacts-a-metaphysical-puzzle-9780791443187","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}