Substance and Attribute The concepts of "substance and attribute" are the focus of a group of philosophical problems that have their origins in Greek philosophy and in particular the philosophy of Aristotle. The concepts are, of course,...

Substance theory, or substance attribute theory, is an ontological theory about objecthood, positing that a substance is distinct from its properties. Substance is a core concept of ontology and metaphysics. Indeed, philosophies may be divided into...

By MICHAEL WEDIN. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 482. Michael Wedin's Aristotle's Theory of Substance provides an interpretation of primary substance in Metaphysics Book Z that is compatible with the ontology of the Categories. The incompatibilist position holds that primary...

MARXISM AND THE UNO SCHOOL The Basic Theory of Capitalism: The Forms and Substance of the Capitalist Economy by Makoto Itoh. In an 1859 review of Marx's Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy, Engels provided the following description of...