The Medieval Problem of the Productivity of Art

This paper is focused on one of the key questions constituting medieval debate about ontological status artefacts, which has to do with productivity art. We ordinarily speak such as statues or chairs, produced by their artificers, and Aristotle describes art in general a productive habit. In first part paper, I look at how proponents realist view artefacts argue that can only be explained if we endorse view, producing an artefact artificer brings new thing world, distinct from natural things used its production. then turn reductionist account examine want show preserved without positing must components. final further corollaries this debate, connection between change.