Download or read book Medieval Metaphysics of Artefacts, 1250–1500 written by Kamil Majcherek and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2025-02-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are artefacts, that is, human-made objects, distinct from the natural things that they are made out of? For example, is a chair a thing distinct from the pieces of wood used in making it? This question is intensely debated in contemporary metaphysics, but it is little known that there was an equally heated and sophisticated debate concerning this issue in the late Middle Ages. This book provides the first comprehensive reconstruction, analysis, and evaluation of this discussion, looking at both the most famous figures such as William of Ockham as well as dozens of previously unstudied texts available in manuscript form only.