Are Aristotle’s metaphysics still taken seriously among philosophers today?

There is a small renaissance of neo-Aristotelian thought in the contemporary analytical debate, with thinkers like Oderberg, Feser, Cartwright, Greco, Koons, MacIntyre, etc. For a modern defense of hylemorphism see: https://www.pdcnet.org/acpaproc/content/acpaproc_2011_0085_0173_0187

  1. Hylomorphism is a relatively small minority view within contemporary anglophone philosophy.
  2. Some contemporary metaphysicians have taken his work on grounding seriously (http://www.jonathanschaffer.org/grounds.pdf), and others have been inspired by his four category “ontology” or whatever he’s doing in the Categories (https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-four-category-ontology-a-metaphysical-foundation-for-natural-science/). Other aspects of Aristotle’s metaphysics are used from time to time by other contemporary metaphysicians.

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