TITLE:
Aristotle’s Definition of Place and of Matter
AUTHORS:
Peter Drum
KEYWORDS:
Aristotle, Place, Matter, Metaphysics
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.1 No.1,
August
17,
2011
ABSTRACT: The accuracy of Aristotle’s definition of place is defended in terms of his form-matter theory. This theory is in turn defended against the objectionable notion that it entails matter is ultimately characterless.