Does Aristotle’s differentia presuppose the genus it differentiates? The troublesome case of Metaphysics x 7

Ancient Philosophy (forthcoming)
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There seems to be an inconsistency at the heart of Aristotle’s Metaphysics: a differentia is said both to presuppose its genus (in vii 12) and to be logically independent from it (in x 7). I argue that the relation of analogy resolves this inconsistency, restores the coherence of the concepts of differentia and species, and gives x 7 its rightful place in the development of the Metaphysics.

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Nicolas Zaks
Université Libre de Bruxelles

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