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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Persistence and Modality

After a long predominance of Humeans such as Willard V. O. Quine or David Lewis, the revival of Aristotelian ideas marks a fundamental turning point in the recent history of metaphysics. Those adopting the neo-Aristotelian point of view are challenged to fundamentally rethink a host of pivotal concepts and questions. The neo-Humean paradigm runs so deep that even thirty years after the groundbreaking work of e.g. Kit Fine, E. J. Lowe or David Wiggins, this process is still ongoing.

The focus of this special issue is on persistence and de re modality. Here the (implicit) Humean bias that these are independent metaphysical concepts has not been overcome yet. Both have been studied in the context of neo-Aristotelianism, but in relative isolation from each other. Thus, a central aim of this special issue is not only to pursue persistence and de re modality individually but to bring both investigations in closer contact. Besides that, critical reflections on various parts of the neo-Aristotelian movement will be given voice.

The special issue originated from the workshop »Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Persistence and De Re Modality« held online in October 2021, where the core of the contributed papers was presented.

Editors

  • Dirk Franken

    University of Mainz, Germany Dirk Franken’s research areas are metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He received his PhD from the University of Münster and has since held postdoc positions at the universities of Stuttgart, Marburg, and Heidelberg. Currently, he is the PI of the DFG project “Form and Persistence” at the University of Mainz. difranke@uni-mainz.de

  • Florian Fischer

    University of Siegen, Germany Florian Fischer focuses on metaphysical foundational work, especially in the context of time and powers. Accordingly, their PhD was on „Natural Laws as Dispositions“, while their current project focuses on „Dynamicity“ as the source for Time and Modality. They are PI of the DFG network „Change and Change-Makers“ and President of the Society for Philosophy of Time (SPoT). Florian.Fischer@uni-siegen.de

Articles (6 in this collection)

  1. Knowing what it is

    Authors

    • Mark Jago
    • Content type: OriginalPaper
    • Open Access
    • Published: 22 July 2023