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COLLOQUIUM 8 PROS HEN AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF ARISTOTELIAN METAPHYSICS HEIKE SEFRIN-WEIS ABSTRACT Pros hen—usually translated as ‘focal meaning’—is the device by which Aris- totle shows that a universal science of being qua being is possible: his meta- physics project. This essay argues for an interpretation of ‘pros hen’ that differs significantly from the currently dominant one. Specifically, it will take issue with Owen’s claim that ‘pros hen’ amounts to reductive translation, assimilat- ing the notion to synonymy, and it will emphasize the aspect of content-neutral referentiality that is operative in Aristotle’s notion, but not adequately repre- sented in Owen’s reconstruction. A close reading of Aristotle’s characteriza- tion of pros hen in Metaphysics Γ 2 will be offered, and some implications of pros hen in this re-interpretation for Aristotle’s metaphysics project will be sketched. The main emphasis of the paper will be on the clarification of what Aristotle means by pros hen. Without a doubt, ‘pros hen,’ usually translated as ‘focal meaning,’ is the central device employed by Aristotle to secure the possibility of a science of being qua being: his general metaphysics. Any view taken on pros hen therefore has fundamental and far-reaching repercussions for an under- standing
Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
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