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Specifying the nature of substance in Aristotle and in Indian philosophy.

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From: Philosophy East and West
Date: 20041001
Author:Nicholson, Hugh R.

Aristotle's Concept of Substance as a Vague Category

According to the contemporary philosopher and comparative religionist Robert C. Neville, cross-cultural comparison calls for the formulation of class concepts or categories with respect to which divergent, even contradictory, ideas can brought together and compared. Borrowing terminology from Charles S. Peirce, Neville terms such concepts "vague categories," thereby drawing attention to the lack of specificity that allows for comparison between potentially contradictory ideas. (1) They differ from categories that are merely ...

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