Theory and practice in Aristotle's natural science /

Aristotle argued that in theory one could acquire knowledge of the natural world. But he did not stop there; he put his theories into practice. This volume of new essays shows how Aristotle's natural science and philosophical theories shed light on one another. The contributors engage with both...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ebrey, David, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Aristotle.
Aristotle
Science > Greece > History.
Philosophy of nature.
Natural history.
Science, Ancient.
Sciences > Grèce > Histoire.
Philosophie de la nature.
Sciences naturelles.
Sciences anciennes.
natural sciences.
SCIENCE > Essays.
SCIENCE > Reference.
Natural history
Philosophy of nature
Science
Science, Ancient
Greece
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / David Ebrey
  • The 'matter' of sleep / Alan Code
  • Are facts about matter primitive? / Jessica Gelber
  • Blood, matter, and necessity / David Ebrey
  • "And these things follow" : teleology, necessity, and explanation in Aristotle's meteorologica / Margaret Scharle
  • Aristotle on the cosmological significance of biological generation / Devin Henry
  • The two kinds of end in Aristotle : the view from the De anima / Thomas K. Johansen
  • Two conceptions of soul in Aristotle / Christopher Frey
  • Aristotle's architectonic sciences / Monte Ransome Johnson
  • Varieties of definition / David Sedley
  • Empty words / Sean Kelsey
  • The scientific role of eulogos in Aristotle's Cael II 12 / Andrea Falcon and Mariska Leunissen.

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