Aristotelian Constructivism?

First off, a note on Aristotelian style: I took a logic class a year ago, it was lots of fun, I learned fun Latin words, how to create truth tables to assess validity, and (what I'm most thankful for now) how to make sense of Aristotle by equating his words into logical propositions. It's a semi-refreshing step away from the flowy* dialectic of Plato, since all the propositions are there in a nearly atomic format, and build upon each other nicely. (also, I like Aristotle because he disagree with Plato, and that's a beautiful thing)

Now, to the attempt at the "meat" of the blog...

Aristotle, in "Categories," promotes the idea that universals** are derived, and exist, only within particulars.*** If this is the case then universals are defined only by example through the items "named" after (or perhaps "of" is a better term) them. Thus my understanding of a TV is going to be colored by every TV I encounter, and each time I encounter and object that could fit within my understand of TV, I will name that object "TV" and it will further alter my conception of TV. This new, and each successive understanding of TV, is "true," and constantly changing.

So, unless, in some later text that I haven't read yet, Aristotle offers a different approach in understanding, I am going to posit that he has set the stage for a healthy constructivist theory of epistemology.

I like that.

*(ok it was only flowy at times)

**(you remember, those things that can be shared outside of themselves, like dogs and cats both being pets)

***(you're actually reading this one? ok, particulars would be "that dog" the one thing)