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Article: Aristotle's Theory of Actuality.
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- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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Bechler, Zev. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1995. x + 270 pp. $23.95--This monograph aims to give an account and critique of the concept of "actuality" in Aristotle's writings (the word "actuality" is used for the two Greek words [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCIII] and [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCIII]. The author aims to challenge traditional readings of Aristotelian actuality. In particular, he wishes to show that Aristotle is wedded to something he calls anti-informationism." This is the view that understanding the way things are (their "actuality") does not really give us any information about what things do or how they will act. It ...
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