Specifying the nature of substance in Aristotle and in Indian philosophy. From: Philosophy East and West | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Aristotle's Concept of Substance as a Vague Category

According to the contemporary philosopher and comparative religionist Robert C. Neville, cross-cultural comparison calls for the formulation of class concepts or categories with respect to which divergent, even contradictory, ideas can brought together and compared. Borrowing terminology from Charles S. Peirce, Neville terms such concepts "vague categories," thereby drawing attention to the lack of specificity that allows for comparison between potentially contradictory ideas. (1) They differ from categories that are merely ...

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