Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion / / Christopher Byrne.
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 nev...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Case against an Aristotelian Physics
- 1. Motion and Change in Perceptible Objects
- 2. Efficient Causality in Perceptible Objects
- 3. The Material Causes of Perceptible Objects
- 4. The Material Elements and Prime Matter
- 5. Simple Physical Necessity in the Material Elements
- 6. Simple Physical Necessity in Objects Made out of the Elements
- 7. The Dual Nature of Perceptible Objects
- 8. Matter and the Soul
- 9. The Role of Teleological Explanation
- 10. Conclusion: The Independence of the Material Cause
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index of Texts from Aristotle