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This chapter provides a summary of the similarities between Aristotelian and neo-Aristotelian accounts of the category SUBSTANCE and substances . I assume that Lowe’s account is the best candidate for a comprehensive neo-Aristotelian account. I clarify Lowe’s theory of SUBSTANCE in the context of his four-category ontology to better understand the plausibility of developing a successful substance metaphysics.
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Winters, A.M. (2017). A Substance Metaphysics Primer. In: Natural Processes. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67570-1_2
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