Philosophical issues in Aristotle's biology
Aristotle's biological works - constituting over 25% of his surviving corpus and for centuries largely unstudied by philosophically oriented scholars - have been the subject of an increasing amount of attention of late. This collection brings together some of the best work that has been done in...
| Otros Autores: | , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
1987.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42029429*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- [Pt.] I. Biology and philosophy : an overview
- 1. The place of biology in Aristotle's philosophy / D.M. Balme
- 2. Aristotle's biological universe : an overview / Montgomery Furth
- 3. Empirical research in Aristotle's biology / G.E.R. Lloyd
- [Pt.] II. Definition and demonstration : theory and practice
- 4. Aristotle's use of division and differentiae / D.M. Balme
- 5. Divide and explain : the 'Posterior analytics' in practice / James G. Lennox
- 6. Definition and scientific method in Aristotle's 'Posterior analytics' and 'Generation of animals' / Robert Bolton
- 7. First principles of Aristotle's 'Parts of animals' / Allan Gotthelf
- [Pt.] III. Teleology and necessity in nature
- 8. Aristotle's conception of final causality / Allan Gotthelf
- 9. Hypothetical necessity and natural teleology / John M. Cooper
- 10. Teleology and necessity / D.M. Balme
- [Pt.] IV. Metaphysical themes
- 11. Aristotle's biology was not essentialist / D.M. Balme
- 12. Logical difference and biological difference : the unity of Aristotle's thought / Pierre Pellegrin
- 13. Kinds, forms of kinds, and the more and the less in Aristotle's biology / James G. Lennox
- 14. Animals and other beings in Aristotle / L.A. Kosman
- 15. Aristotle on bodies, matter, and potentiality / Cynthia A. Freeland
- 16. Aristotle on the place of mind in nature / William Charlton.
