Ho Pote on Esti and Coupled Entities: A form of Explanation in Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy

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Abstract This chapter proposes a new interpretation of the phrase, ő ποτε őν έστι (hereafter ‘OPO’), which occurs in key passages in Aristotle’s discussions of blood and of time. This passage has long vexed interpreters of Aristotle, so this chapter aims to resolve some textual and interpretative problems about Aristotle’s theories of blood and of time. The chapter’s interpretation also sheds light on more general issues in Aristotle’s metaphysics. This interpretation of OPO has two main components. The first characterizes the sort of entity to which OPO refers. The second main component of this interpretation characterizes the explanandum of the explanation contained in the phrase.

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