 Some recent commentators have suggested that the notion of determination has a precursor in ancient times. For example, one commentator has proposed that Aristotle’s preferred treatment of the relation between kinds and forms (a.k.a.  genus and species) involves key features of determination (Granger 1984). Granger suggests that Aristotle’s conception of a form/species evolves from a conjunctive conception (as in Topics VI.3. 140a27–29) to one on which differentia entail their associated kind/genus rather than conjunctively supplementing it. Granger motivates the non-conjunctive conception on grounds that “Aristotle clearly maintains that [...] the genus does not exist apart from its species, or exists merely as matter” (1984: 15); in turn, he takes this conception to indicate that 