Aristotle on Nature and Incomplete Substance

Aristotle on Nature and Incomplete Substance

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Cohen Sheldon M.
Cambridge University Press
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This book examines Aristotle's metaphysics and his account of nature, stressing the ways in which his desire to explain observed natural processes shaped his philosophical thought. It departs radically from a tradition of interpretation, in which Aristotle is understood to have approached problems with a set of abstract principles in hand, principles derived from critical reflection on the views of his predecessors. A central example of the book interprets Aristotle's essentialism as deriving from an examination of the kinds of unity that various sorts of things have: elemental motion, alteration, transformation and the growth of organisms. An important conclusion of this argument is that an essence may, under certain circumstances, lack some of its essential attributes. This is a major re-evaluation of Aristotle's metaphysics that will interest philosophers, classicists and historians of science.
EAN 9780521533133
ISBN 0521533139
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date January 30, 2003
Pages 204
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152 x 12
Country United Kingdom
Authors Cohen Sheldon M.
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