Nature Change And Agency In Aristotles Physics
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Author | : Sarah Waterlow |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780198244820 |
This examination of Aristotle's concept of natural substance and its implications for change, process, agency, teleology, mathematical continuity, and eternal motion illustrates the conceptual power of Aristotle's metaphysics of nature along with its scientific limitations and internal tensions.
Author | : Aristotle |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780198240921 |
The eighth book of Aristotle's Physics is the culmination of his theory of nature. He discusses not just physics, but the origins of the universe and the metaphysical foundations of cosmology and physical science. He moves from the discussion of motion in the cosmos to the identification of a single source and regulating principle of all motion, and so argues for the existence of a first 'unmoved mover'. Daniel Graham offers a clear, accurate new translation of this key text in the history of Western thought, and accompanies the translation with a careful philosophical commentary to guide the reader towards an understanding of the wealth of important and influential arguments and ideas that Aristotle puts forward.
Author | : Ursula Coope |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2005-10-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191530123 |
What is the relation between time and change? Does time depend on the mind? Is the present always the same or is it always different? Aristotle tackles these questions in the Physics, and Time for Aristotle is the first book in English devoted to this discussion. Aristotle claims that time is not a kind of change, but that it is something dependent on change; he defines it as a kind of 'number of change'. Ursula Coope argues that what this means is that time is a kind of order (not, as is commonly supposed, a kind of measure). It is universal order within which all changes are related to each other. This interpretation enables Coope to explain two puzzling claims that Aristotle makes: that the now is like a moving thing, and that time depends for its existence on the mind. Brilliantly lucid in its explanation of this challenging section of the Physics, Time for Aristotle shows his discussion to be of enduring philosophical interest.
Author | : Mark Sentesy |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2020-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0810141906 |
This book investigates what change is, according to Aristotle, and how it affects his conception of being. Mark Sentesy argues that the analysis of change leads Aristotle to develop first-order metaphysical concepts such as matter, potency, actuality, sources of being, epigenesis, and teleology. He shows that Aristotle’s distinctive ontological claim—that being is inescapably diverse in kind—is anchored in his argument for the existence of change. Aristotle may be the only thinker to propose a noncircular definition of change. With his landmark argument that change did, in fact, exist, Aristotle challenged established assumptions about what it is and developed a set of conceptual frameworks that continue to provide insight into the nature of reality. This groundbreaking work on change, however, has long been interpreted through a Platonist view of change as unreal. By offering a comprehensive reexamination of Aristotle’s pivotal arguments, and establishing his positive ontological conception of change, Sentesy makes a significant contribution to scholarship on Aristotle, ancient philosophy, the history and philosophy of science, and metaphysics.
Author | : Devin Henry |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108475574 |
Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.
Author | : Mariska Leunissen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2015-08-27 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 110703146X |
This volume provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics, taking into account recent changes in the field of Aristotle.
Author | : Thomas Kjeller Johansen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2004-07-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107320119 |
Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias presents two connected accounts, that of the story of Atlantis and its defeat by ancient Athens and that of the creation of the cosmos by a divine craftsman. This book offers a unified reading of the dialogue. It tackles a wide range of interpretative and philosophical issues. Topics discussed include the function of the famous Atlantis story, the notion of cosmology as 'myth' and as 'likely', and the role of God in Platonic cosmology. Other areas commented upon are Plato's concepts of 'necessity' and 'teleology', the nature of the 'receptacle', the relationship between the soul and the body, the use of perception in cosmology, and the work's peculiar monologue form. The unifying theme is teleology: Plato's attempt to show the cosmos to be organised for the good. A central lesson which emerges is that the Timaeus is closer to Aristotle's physics than previously thought.
Author | : Christopher Byrne |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1487503962 |
Although Aristotle's contribution to biology has long been recognized, there are many philosophers and historians of science who still hold that he was the great delayer of natural science, calling him the man who held up the Scientific Revolution by two thousand years. They argue that Aristotle never considered the nature of matter as such or the changes that perceptible objects undergo simply as physical objects; he only thought about the many different, specific natures found in perceptible objects. Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion focuses on refuting this misconception, arguing that Aristotle actually offered a systematic account of matter, motion, and the basic causal powers found in all physical objects. Author Christopher Byrne sheds lights on Aristotle's account of matter, revealing how Aristotle maintained that all perceptible objects are ultimately made from physical matter of one kind or another, accounting for their basic common features. For Aristotle, then, matter matters a great deal.
Author | : Adriel M. Trott |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107036259 |
Adriel M. Trott reads Aristotle's Politics through the internal cause definition of nature to develop an active and inclusive account of politics.
Author | : James G. Lennox |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2010-11-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139493213 |
This volume of essays explores major connected themes in Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of nature, and ethics, especially themes related to essence, definition, teleology, activity, potentiality, and the highest good. The volume is united by the belief that all aspects of Aristotle's work need to be studied together if any one of the areas of thought is to be fully understood. Many of the papers were contributions to a conference at the University of Pittsburgh entitled 'Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle', to honor Professor Allan Gotthelf's many contributions to the field of ancient philosophy; a few are contributions from those who were invited but could not attend. The contributors, all longstanding friends of Professor Gotthelf, are among the most accomplished scholars in the field of ancient philosophy today.