The What-Is-X? Question in the Posterior Analytics. Bayer, G. Ancient Philosophy, 17(2):317–334, 1997. abstract bibtex This paper examines the special sort of What-is-X? question that means "What is the nature of X?"–as in "What is a human?" or "What is water?" If we are looking for a definition in such cases, the view of definition as merely a way of picking something out will hardly suffice–we can already pick out what we are asking about. In 'Posterior Analytics' II, Aristotle argues that it is an 'aition', "explanation," we are seeking–the unique explanation accounting for all the various ways the definiendum is picked out. Further, the argument is presented that, in effect, certain ontological commitments are being made every time any such What-is-X? question is asked.
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