Aristotle's Theory of Contrariety

John Peter Anton, Professor of Philosophy University of South Florida

• I. APPROACHING ARISTOTLE II. THE ONTOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CONTRARIETY AND ITS RELATION TO SUBSTANCE AS NATURE III. FROM THE COSMOLOGICAL TO THE ONTOLOGICAL USE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTRARIETY IV. CONTRARIETY IN THE LOCUS OF PROCESS AND IN THE CATEGORIES V. THE PRIME CONTRARIETY AND THE ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF DETERMINATE OR LINEAR PROCESSES VI. CONTRARIETY IN THE THEORY OF OPPOSITION IN LANGUAGE AND AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE LAW OF NON-CONTRADICTION VII. PROCESS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SOUL VIII. BEING AND THE RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE IX. CONTRARIETY AND THE RANGE OF CONDUCT