BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260531T155837EDT-0643HJUxhL@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260531T195837Z DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Series\n\n \n\nChristian Pfeiffer\, University of To ronto\n Title: 'Aristotle on Senses and Causes of Being'\n\nFriday\, March 17\, 2023\n 3:30-5:30 PM EST\n Leacock 927\n\nAbstract: Aristotle claims tha t being is said in many ways. In the history of metaphysics\, this thesis has been seen as either a profound insight or unintelligible. But what exa ctly did Aristotle mean by it? Based on an interpretation of Metaphysics H .2\, I will argue (1) that it concerns ways of being and not kinds of bein gs\; (2) that Aristotle distinguishes between existential and predicative being\; (3) that it is not a semantical but a metaphysical claim concernin g the explanation of what it is for things to exist\; and finally (4) that in the background of Aristotle’s analysis is Plato’s Sophist\, where Plat o maintains that the Form of Being explains what it is for things to exist .\n DTSTART:20230317T193000Z DTEND:20230317T213000Z LOCATION:Room 927\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r ue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Christian Pfeiffer (University of Toronto)\, 'Aristotle on Senses a nd Causes of Being' URL:/philosophy/channels/event/christian-pfeiffer-univ ersity-toronto-aristotle-senses-and-causes-being-344895 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR