New perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo /
Aristotle's great ambition in his "De caelo" was to determine the nature and structure of the geocentric universe. This collection of essays addresses key epistemological and methodological issues raised by the numerous arguments that Aristotle offers.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Philosophia antiqua ;
v. 117. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; From Plato's Timaeus to Aristotle's De caelo: The Case of the Missing World Soul (Thomas K. Johansen); The Possibilities of Being and Not-Being in De caelo 1.11-12 (Sarah Broadie); Two Standards for Inquiry in Aristotle's De caelo (Robert Bolton (Rutgers University)); Natural, Unnatural, and Preternatural Motions: Contrariety and the Argument for the Elements in De caelo 1.2-4 (R.J. Hankinson); Why Does the Earth Move to the Center? An Examination of Some Explanatory Strategies in Aristotle's Cosmology (Mohan Matthen).