Aristotle on Nature and Living Things
Author: David M. Balme
Publisher: Mathesis Publications
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780935225013
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Author: David M. Balme
Publisher: Mathesis Publications
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780935225013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David M. Balme
Publisher: Mathesis Publications
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 446
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Ebrey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-06-11
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 110705513X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of groundbreaking new essays show how Aristotle's natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.
Author: Andrea Falcon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-09-08
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780521854399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploration of Aristotle's philosophy of nature in the light of scholarly insights.
Author: James G. Lennox
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780521768849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mariska Leunissen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-08-26
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139490419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in birds for the sake of flying). Whereas much of recent scholarship has focused on uncovering the (meta-)physical underpinnings of Aristotle's teleology and its contrasts with his notions of chance and necessity, this book examines Aristotle's use of the theory of natural teleology in producing explanations of natural phenomena. Close analyses of Aristotle's natural treatises and his Posterior Analytics show what methods are used for the discovery of functions or ends that figure in teleological explanations, how these explanations are structured, and how well they work in making sense of phenomena. The book will be valuable for all who are interested in Aristotle's natural science, his philosophy of science, and his biology.
Author: Geert Keil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-30
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1107192692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.
Author: Monte Ransome Johnson
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 2005-11-03
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0191536504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonte Johnson examines one of the most controversial aspects of Aristiotle's natural philosophy: his teleology. Is teleology about causation or explanation? Does it exclude or obviate mechanism, determinism, or materialism? Is it focused on the good of individual organisms, or is god or man the ultimate end of all processes and entities? Is teleology restricted to living things, or does it apply to the cosmos as a whole? Does it identify objectively existent causes in the world, or is it merely a heuristic for our understanding of other causal processes? Johnson argues that Aristotle's aporetic approach drives a middle course between these traditional oppositions, and avoids the dilemma, frequently urged against teleology, between backwards causation and anthropomorphism. Although these issues have been debated with extraordinary depth by Aristotle scholars, and touched upon by many in the wider philosophical and scientific community as well, there has been no comprehensive historical treatment of the issue. Aristotle is commonly considered the inventor of teleology, although the precise term originated in the eighteenth century. But if teleology means the use of ends and goals in natural science, then Aristotle was rather a critical innovator of teleological explanation. Teleological notions were widespread among his predecessors, but Aristotle rejected their conception of extrinsic causes such as mind or god as the primary causes for natural things. Aristotle's radical alternative was to assert nature itself as an internal principle of change and an end, and his teleological explanations focus on the intrinsic ends of natural substances - those ends that benefit the natural thing itself. Aristotle's use of ends was subsequently conflated with incompatible 'teleological' notions, including proofs for the existence of a providential or designer god, vitalism and animism, opposition to mechanism and non-teleological causation, and anthropocentrism. Johnson addresses these misconceptions through an elaboration of Aristotle's methodological statements, as well as an examination of the explanations actually offered in the scientific works.
Author: Hope May
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-10-20
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1441182748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is devoted to the topic of human happiness. Yet, although Aristotle's conception of happiness is central to his whole philosophical project, there is much controversy surrounding it. Hope May offers a new interpretation of Aristotle's account of happiness - one which incorporates Aristotle's views about the biological development of human beings. May argues that the relationship amongst the moral virtues, the intellectual virtues, and happiness, is best understood through the lens of developmentalism. On this view, happiness emerges from the cultivation of a number of virtues that are developmentally related. May goes on to show how contemporary scholarship in psychology, ethical theory and legal philosophy signals a return to Aristotelian ethics. Specifically, May shows how a theory of motivation known as Self-Determination Theory and recent research on goal attainment have deep affinities to Aristotle's ethical theory. May argues that this recent work can ground a contemporary virtue theory that acknowledges the centrality of autonomy in a way that captures the fundamental tenets of Aristotle's ethics.
Author: Devin Henry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-05-05
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 1107010365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the extent to which Aristotle's ethical treatises employ the concepts, methods, and practices developed in his 'scientific' works.