Aristotle, The Categories | In a Subject vs. Predicated of a Subject | Philosophy Core Concepts

This video focuses on Aristotle's work, the Categories, and examines his distinction in chapter 2 between something being "in" a subject, and something being predicated of a subject. There are four main possibilities, and each of those is discussed here, using Aristotle's own examples.

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[melindanelson]

I'm taking a 400 level class on sophism and this video was a great help to clear up my confusion of this topic during reading. It would be awesome to hear some examples of the fallacies that arise with incorrect use of predicates as well!

[dosto_viski]

Hey Dr. Sadler! I love your works. Can you give 1 example for each one? Im a foreign student, so i couldnt fully follow on these examples.

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[revoltagainstfear]

Hi Dr Gregory

Thanks for very useful videos.

If the substance is the subject ( not in a subject or predicated in subject), what about the essence? Where do you put it this classifications?

[sebastianhelm]

I don't really understand the difference of the second and third combination. When I say "this book is green" why is it in one case predicated of it, but not in it and in the other case in it, but not predicated of it.

[doomoday]

So the bottom left quadrant. Its something that is in a subject but can be predicated of another subject?

[GreggMikulla]

Not predicated: This book is this book (as in *this particular book* is, rather than attributive of, this book)
Not in a subject: the book is this book, therefore it can't be *in* this book (as part of the whole of this book, since this book *is*, as in a pure state of being, this book)

Prolix, I know, but am I in the ballpark? I cant go any further until I can grasp this. Help?

[SmiteYaBgs]

Hi Dr. Sandler, should not "this knowledge of grammar" or "this white/ness" fall under [not in a subject, but predicated of a subject] (individual non-substances)? However, [in a subject, but not predicable of a subject] should be the universals substance such as "man" or "horse"?

[marcusw.a.]

According to Aristotle, all nouns are Ousia? The first substance?

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[vexxo]

Hi Mr Sadler, When aristotle says “the individual man” does he mean the entity man without any language prescribed to that entity, literally the entity or the existence itself or am I wrong here? should we just ignore the language when he says “individual man” and only imagine an entity? And how do we differentiate when he talks about the entity itself and the prescribed language of that entity? sorry for the trouble please answer all of these 👍

[JoeF]

Are substance and subject the same thing?

[jhoanosorio]

is being present in a particular instance of a quality?

[GreggMikulla]

"This knowledge per se", as in "this knowledge alone, as it exists in this mind.
"Grammatical", as attributive to that specific scrap of that substance of knowledge in your mind
Again, just trying to sort ot out. Is this off-base? Ill shut up now