UID:
edocfu_9959242562202883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 196 pages)
ISBN:
1-4875-1917-6
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1-4875-1916-8
Content:
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.
Note:
Introduction: the case against an Aristotelian physics -- Motion and change in perceptible objects -- Efficient causality in perceptible objects -- The material causes of perceptible objects -- The material elements and prime matter -- Simple physical necessity in the material elements -- Simple physical necessity in objects made out of the elements -- The dual nature of perceptible objects -- Matter and the soul -- The role of teleological explanation -- Conclusion: the independence of the material cause.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4875-0396-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781487519162
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