Università Roma Tre

The course will focus on Aristotle, Categories, 1-5.
Aristotle's text will be explained in detail and the following aspects will be considered:
1: The distinction between homonyms, synonyms, and paronyms
2: The relations “dici de subiecto” / “esse in subiecto” and Aristotle's list of the categories
3: Aristotle’s account of substance

[a] Aristotle, Categories, Translated with a Commentary by J. Ackrill, Clarendon Press, Oxford 2002, ch. 1-5, pp. 3-12 (text); 69-91 (Commentary).

[b] M. Vegetti – F. Ademollo, Incontro con Aristotele, Einaudi, Torino, 2016.
R. Smith, Aristotle’s Logic, “The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy”, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-logic/
P. Studtmann, Aristotle’s Categories, “The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy”, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-categories/

[c] Students are required to prepare a paper in Italian or English (3.000 words) about one of the following topics:

[i] Categories, dialectic and metaphysics
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
S. Menn, Metaphysics, Dialectic and the Categories, “Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale”, 100, 1995, 311-337.

[ii] Inherence and predication
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
G.E.L. Owen, Inherence, “Phronesis”, 10, 1965, 97-105.
R. Heinaman, Non-substantial Individuals in the Categories, “Phronesis”, 26, 1981, 295-307.

[iii] Substance and individuals
Bibliography: texts of sections [a] e [b] should be supplemented with:
M. Frede, Individuals in Aristotle, in Essays in Ancient Philosophy, Oxford 1987, 49-71.