Aristotle's Physics
eBook - PDF

Aristotle's Physics

A Critical Guide

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eBook - PDF

Aristotle's Physics

A Critical Guide

About this book

Aristotle's study of the natural world plays a tremendously important part in his philosophical thought. He was very interested in the phenomena of motion, causation, place and time, and teleology, and his theoretical materials in this area are collected in his Physics, a treatise of eight books which has been very influential on later thinkers. This volume of new essays provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics, taking into account recent changes in the field of Aristotle in terms of its understanding of key concepts and preferred methodology. The contributions reassess the key concepts of the treatise (including nature, chance, teleology, art, and motion), reconstruct Aristotle's methods for the study of nature, and determine the boundaries of his natural philosophy. Due to the foundational nature of Aristotle's Physics itself, the volume will be a must-read for all scholars working on Aristotle.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 How to study natural bodies: Aristotleā€™s Ī¼Ī­ĪøĪæĪ“ĪæĻ‚
  10. Chapter 2 Aristotle on interpreting nature
  11. Chapter 3 Nature as a principle of change
  12. Chapter 4 Aristotle on chance as an accidental cause
  13. Chapter 5 Man from man but not bed from bed: Nature, art and chance in Physics II
  14. Chapter 6 In defense of the craft analogy: Artifacts and natural teleology
  15. Chapter 7 The origins of Aristotleā€™s natural teleology in Physics II
  16. Chapter 8 Substantial generation in Physics I.5ā€“7
  17. Chapter 9 A dynamic ontology: On how Aristotle arrived at the conclusion that eternal change accomplishes ousia
  18. Chapter 10 Aristotleā€™s processes
  19. Chapter 11 Physics Vā€“VI versus VIII: Unity of change and disunity in the Physics
  20. Chapter 12 Perfection and the physiology of habituation according to Physics VII.3
  21. Chapter 13 Self-motion as other-motion in Aristotleā€™s Physics
  22. Chapter 14 The argument of Physics VIII
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index