Self-Motion : : From Aristotle to Newton / / ed. by James G. Lennox, Mary Louise Gill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Freeland, Cynthia A.,; Furley, David,; Gill, Mary Louise,; Hahm, David E.,; Judson, Lindsay,; King, Peter,; Kosman, Aryeh,; McGuire, J. E.,; Meyer, Susan Sauvé,; Normore, Calvin G.,; Shields, Christopher,; Wedin, Michael V.,
• HerausgeberIn: Gill, Mary Louise,; Lennox, James G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5197
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (390 p.) :; 6 line illus.

The concept of self-motion is not only fundamental in Aristotle's argument for the Prime Mover and in ancient and medieval theories of nature, but it is also central to many theories of human agency and moral responsibility. In this collection of mostly new essays, scholars of classical, Hellenistic, medieval, and early modern philosophy and science explore the question of whether or not there are such things as self-movers, and if so, what their self-motion consists in. They trace the development of the concept of self-motion from its formulation in Aristotle's metaphysics, cosmology, and philosophy of nature through two millennia of philosophical, religious, and scientific thought. This volume contains "Self-Movers" (David Furley), "Aristotle on Self-Motion" (Mary Louise Gill), "Aristotle on Perception, Appetition, and Self-Motion" (Cynthia Freeland), "Self-Movement and External Causation" (Susan Sauvé Meyer), "Aristotle on the Mind's Self-Motion" (Michael Wedin), "Mind and Motion in Aristotle" (Christopher Shields), "Aristotle's Prime Mover" (Aryeh Kosman), "The Transcendence of the Prime Mover" (Lindsay Judson), "Self-Motion in Stoic Philosophy" (David Hahm), "Duns Scotus on the Reality of Self-Change" (Peter King), "Ockham, Self-Motion, and the Will" (Calvin Normore), and "Natural Motion and Its Causes: Newton on the 'Vis Insita' of Bodies" (J. E. McGuire).Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Aristotle -- Chapter 1. Self-Movers -- Chapter 2. Aristotle on Self-Motion -- Chapter 3. Aristotle on Perception, Appetition, and Self-Motion -- Chapter 4. Self-Movement and External Causation -- Chapter 5. Aristotle on the Mind’s Self-Motion -- Chapter 6. Mind and Motion in Aristotle -- Chapter 7. Aristotle’s Prime Mover -- Chapter 8. Heavenly Motion and the Unmoved Mover -- Part II. The Aristotle Tradition -- Chapter 9. Self-Motion in Stoic Philosophy -- Chapter 10. Duns Scotus on the Reality of Self-Change -- Chapter 11. Ockham, Self-Motion, and the Will -- Chapter 12. Natural Motion and Its Causes: Newton on the “Vis Insita” of Bodies -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General Index