An Aristotelian Ontology of the Text

Symposium 3 (1):93-117 (1999)
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In his recent work on the ontology of texts, lorge J.E. Gracia (1996) attempts to apply various (and evidently Aristotelian) categories of being to that most unusual sort of entity called a “text”. Universal and individual, substance and feature, identity and individuation, etc.- we have some idea as to how these pairs of categories apply to tables, trees, and chairs. But to a text? In my critical review, I examine the author’s attempt to make sense of the “what” of a text in reference to these categories. While I am in overall agreement with his approach (and a very original approach it is), I disagree on a few details. I do have this one general and friendly complaint, which is that the author does not press his own, and promising, case far enough. I thus explore a few ways in which his ontology might be further developed.Dans son récent ouvrage sur l’ontologie du texte, Jorge J.E. Gracia (1996) tente d’appliquer diverses categories d’être (manifestement aristotéliciennes) à ce type d’entité pour le moins insolite qu’est le “texte”. UniverseI et individuel, substance et accident, identité et individuation, etc. - nous avons tous une idée de la façon dont ces doublets s’appliquent aux tables, arbres et chaises. Mais au texte? Dans cette étude critique, je considère la tentative de l’auteur de rendre compte de la quiddité du texte relativement à ces catégories. Bien que, de façon générale, je sois en accord avec son approche, très originale, je suis en désaccord avec quelques détails. On peut lui reprocher de ne pas pousser assez loin dans sa propre perspective, qui s’avère par ailleurs prometteuse. l’explore donc quelques avenues qui permettraient de développer plus avant son ontologie

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reprint Bruin, John (1999) "An Aristotelian Ontology of the Text". Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy/Revue canadienne de philosophie continentale 3(1):93-117

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