Aristotle's Concept of Chance
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Aristotle's Concept of Chance

Accidents, Cause, Necessity, and Determinism

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Aristotle's Concept of Chance

Accidents, Cause, Necessity, and Determinism

About this book

The first exhaustive study of Aristotle's concept of chance.

This landmark book is the first to provide a comprehensive account of Aristotle's concept of chance. Chance is invoked by many to explain order in the universe, the origins of life, even human freedom and happiness. An understanding of Aristotle's concept of chance is indispensable for an appreciation of his views on nature and ethics, views which have had a tremendous influence on the development of Western philosophy. Author John Dudley analyzes Aristotle's account of chance in the Physics, the Metaphysics, in his biological and ethical treatises, and in a number of his other works as well. Important complementary considerations such as Aristotle's criticism of Presocratic philosophers, particularly Empedocles and Democritus, Plato's concept of chance, the chronology of Aristotle's works, and the relevance of Aristotle's work to evolution and quantum theory are also covered in depth. This is an essential book for scholars and students of Western philosophy.

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Table of contents

  1. Aristotle’s Concept of Chance
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. PART I. CHANCE IN THE PHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE:THE METAPHYSICS OF CHANCE
  6. 1. THE DOCTRINE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi
  7. 2. THE STRUCTURE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi
  8. 3. DATING PHYS. II, iv-vi
  9. 4. NECESSITY AND CHANCE
  10. 5. THE CAUSES OF THAT WHICH OCCURS BY CHANCE
  11. PART II. CHANCE IN THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE
  12. 6. CHANCE AS THE SOURCE OF EXTERNAL PROSPERITY
  13. 7. CHANCE AND INTUITION
  14. ADDITIONAL NOTE ON THE CHRONOLOGY OFARISTOTLE’S ETHICAL WORKS
  15. APPENDIX I. CHANCE IN THE LISTS OF SOURCES OF HAPPINESS IN NE AND EE
  16. APPENDIX II. DIFFERENCES IN THE ROLE OF CHANCE IN NE, EE AND MM
  17. PART III. IMPLICATIONS OF ARISTOTLE’S CONCEPT OF CHANCE
  18. 8. CHANCE AND ARISTOTLE’S REJECTION OF DETERMINISM
  19. ADDITIONAL NOTE ON DETERMINIST INTERPRETATIONS OF ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE
  20. 9. ARISTOTLE’S CONCEPT OF CHANCE AND RELATED CONTEMPORARY QUESTIONS
  21. CONCLUSION
  22. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  23. INDEX LOCORUM
  24. INDEX NOMINUM