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Author : David M. Balme
Publisher : Mathesis Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Aristotle on Nature and Living Things written by David M. Balme and published by Mathesis Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David M. Balme
Publisher : Mathesis Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780935225013
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Aristotle on Nature and Living Things written by David M. Balme and published by Mathesis Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geert Keil
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107192692
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Aristotle's Anthropology written by Geert Keil and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first collection of essays on Aristotle's philosophy of human nature, covering the metaphysical, biological and ethical works.
Author : Andrea Falcon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521854399
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)
Download or read book Aristotle and the Science of Nature written by Andrea Falcon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploration of Aristotle's philosophy of nature in the light of scholarly insights.
Author : Devin Henry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107010365
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Bridging the Gap between Aristotle's Science and Ethics written by Devin Henry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the extent to which Aristotle's ethical treatises employ the concepts, methods, and practices developed in his 'scientific' works.
Author : James G. Lennox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521659765
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology written by James G. Lennox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in this 2001 volume focus on Aristotle's systematic investigation of animals.
Author : Mariska Leunissen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490419
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Explanation and Teleology in Aristotle's Science of Nature written by Mariska Leunissen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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 : S. Marc Cohen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521533133
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (331 download)
Download or read book Aristotle on Nature and Incomplete Substance written by S. Marc Cohen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Aristotle's concept of nature and its role in scientific explanation.
Author : S. M. Connell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107197732
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle's Biology written by S. M. Connell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle's biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.
Author : David Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110705513X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science written by David Ebrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of groundbreaking new essays show how Aristotle's natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.
Author : Jason A. Tipton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319014218
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals written by Jason A. Tipton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed analysis of Aristotle’s Parts of Animals. It presents the wealth of information provided in the biological works of Aristotle and revisits the detailed natural history observations that inform, and in many ways penetrate, the philosophical argument. It raises the question of how easy it is to clearly distinguish between what some might describe as “merely” biological and the philosophical. It explores the notion and consequences of describing the activity in which Aristotle is engaged as philosophical biology. The book examines such questions as: do readers of Aristotle have in mind organisms like Ascidians or Holothurians when trying to understand Aristotle’s argument regarding plant-like animals? Do they need the phenomena in front of them to understand the terms of the philosophical argument in a richer way? The discussion of plant-like animals is important in Aristotle because of the question about the continuum between plant and animal life. Where does Aristotle draw the line? Plant-like animals bring this question into focus and demonstrate the indeterminacy of any potential solution to the division. This analysis of Parts of Animals shows that the study of the nature of the organic world was Aristotle’s way into such ontological problems as the relationship between matter and form, or form and function, or the heterogeneity of the many different kinds of being.
Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141913266
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Politics written by Aristotle and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1981-09-17 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, 'The Politics' still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best - both ideally and in particular circumstances - and how they may be maintained. Aristotle's opinions form an essential background to the thinking of philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli and Jean Bodin and both his premises and arguments raise questions that are as relevant to modern society as they were to the ancient world.
Author : Sophia M. Connell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110713630X
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Aristotle on Female Animals written by Sophia M. Connell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the female in Aristotle's biology, leading to a reassessment of his hylomorphism, scientific methodology and psychology.
Author : James G. Lennox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107525979
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle written by James G. Lennox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays explores major connected themes in Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of nature, and ethics, especially themes related to essence, definition, teleology, activity, potentiality, and the highest good. The volume is united by the belief that all aspects of Aristotle's work need to be studied together if any one of the areas of thought is to be fully understood. Many of the papers were contributions to a conference at the University of Pittsburgh entitled 'Being, Nature, and Life in Aristotle', to honor Professor Allan Gotthelf's many contributions to the field of ancient philosophy; a few are contributions from those who were invited but could not attend. The contributors, all longstanding friends of Professor Gotthelf, are among the most accomplished scholars in the field of ancient philosophy today.
Author : Monte Ransome Johnson
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191536504
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Aristotle on Teleology written by Monte Ransome Johnson and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monte 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
ISBN 13 : 1441103368
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Aristotle's Ethics written by Hope May and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristotle'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 : Allan Gotthelf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521310918
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology written by Allan Gotthelf and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-10-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of biology and philosophy is followed by three sections on individual issues definition and demonstration, teleology and necessity in nature, and metaphysical themes.
