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Relative Change Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)

Relative Change By Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)

Relative Change by Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)


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Summary

A relative change occurs when some item changes a relation. This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change.

Relative Change Summary

Relative Change by Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)

A relative change occurs when some item changes a relation. This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change. Relative change is puzzling because the following three propositions each seem true but cannot be true together: (1) No relative changes are intrinsic changes; (2) Only intrinsic changes are proper changes; (3) Some relative changes are proper changes. Plato's Theaetetus and Phaedo property relative change. I argue that these dialogues assume relative changes to be intrinsic changes, so denying (1). Aristotle responds differently, by denying (3) that relative change is proper change. The Stoics claimed that some non-intrinsic changes are changes (denying (2)). Finally, I discuss Sextus' argument that relative change shows that there are no relatives at all.

About Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)

Matthew Duncombe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. He held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Groningen. He studied philosophy and Classics at the University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Plato; 2. Aristotle; 3. Stoics and Sceptics; Conclusion.

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NLS9781108713429
9781108713429
1108713424
Relative Change by Matthew Duncombe (University of Nottingham)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2020-10-08
75
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