Ep. 279: Aristotle’s “Categories” of Being (Part One)

Subscribe to get Part 2 of this episode. Listen to a preview. Hear this part ad-free. On the Categories (ca. 350 BCE), which purports to describe all the types of entities that exist. We mostly talk about substances, as A's presentation raises interesting questions about, e.g. the status of the species of substance, and the rest of the categories (e.g. quality, quantity, relative) rely on substances existing. So how exactly do these other categories relate to substances, and why does A divide the world the way he does? The post Ep. 279: Aristotle’s “Categories” of Being (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.