Aristotle On Matter Form And Moving Causes
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Aristotle On Matter Form And Moving Causes
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Author : Devin Henry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Aristotle On Matter Form And Moving Causes written by Devin Henry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
This book examines an important area of Aristotle's philosophy: the generation of substances. While other changes presuppose the existence of a substance (Socrates grows taller), substantial generation results in something genuinely new that did not exist before (Socrates himself). The central argument of this book is that Aristotle defends a 'hylomorphic' model of substantial generation. In its most complete formulation, this model says that substantial generation involves three principles: (1) matter, which is the subject from which the change proceeds; (2) form, which is the end towards which the process advances; and (3) an efficient cause, which directs the process towards that form. By examining the development of this model across Aristotle's works, Devin Henry seeks to deepen our grasp on how the doctrine of hylomorphism - understood as a blueprint for thinking about the world - informs our understanding of the process by which new substances come into being.--
Aristotle On Matter Form And Moving Causes
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Author : Devin Henry
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-12-05
Aristotle On Matter Form And Moving Causes written by Devin Henry and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with History categories.
Examines Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.
Aristotle S Metaphysics
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Author : Jeremy Kirby
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-10-20
Aristotle S Metaphysics written by Jeremy Kirby and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-20 with Philosophy categories.
Aristotle maintains that biological organisms are compounds of matter and form and that compounds that have the same form are individuated by their matter. According to Aristotle, an object that undergoes change is an object that undergoes a change in form, i.e. form is imposed upon something material in nature. Aristotle therefore identifies organisms according to their matter and essential forms, forms that are arguably essential to an object's existence. Jeremy Kirby addresses a difficulty in Aristotle's metaphysics, namely the possibility that two organisms of the same species might share the same matter. If they share the same form, as Aristotle seems to suggest, then they seem to share that which they cannot, their identity. By taking into account Aristotle's views on the soul, its relation to living matter, and his rejection of the possibility of resurrection, Kirby reconstructs an answer to this problem and shows how Aristotle relies on some of the central themes in his system in order to resist this unwelcome result that his metaphysics might suggest.
On Location
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Author : Benjamin Morison
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2002-02-07
On Location written by Benjamin Morison and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-07 with Philosophy categories.
On Location is the first book in English exclusively devoted to a highly significant doctrine in the history of philosophy and science—Aristotle's account of place in the Physics. The central question which Aristotle aims to answer is: What is it for something to be somewhere? Ben Morison examines how Aristotle works from simple observations about replacement to a definition of the notion of the place of a body—the inner limit of that body's surroundings. This definition lies at the heart of what we say about places, for instance when we say that we cannot be in two places at once, or that two bodies cannot be in the same place at the same time. Morison also assesses Aristotle's brilliant, though often obscure, criticisms of rival theories. This authoritative exposition and defence of Aristotle's account of place not only allows it to be properly understood in the wider context of the Physics, but also demonstrates that it is of enduring philosophical interest and value.
Aristotle S Metaphysics Lambda
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Author : Michael Frede
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2000
Aristotle S Metaphysics Lambda written by Michael Frede and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Philosophy categories.
A distinguished group of scholars of ancient philosophy here presents a systematic study of the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Lambda, which can be regarded as a self-standing treatise on substance, has been attracting particular attention in recent years, and was chosen as the focusof the fourteenth Symposium Aristotelicum, from which this volume derives. At the Symposium, each of Lambda's ten chapters was taken in turn as the subject of a session at which a specially written paper was read to and discussed by the assembled symposiasts. (The ninth chapter commanded twosessions by dint of its particular difficulty.) The papers have been revised in the light of discussion, and are now offered to a wider audience as a discursive commentary on points of particular philosophical interest covering all of Lambda. Michael Frede's extensive Introduction aims to give abroader view of Lambda as a whole and the problems it raises, and thus to provide the context for the discussion of each of the chapters. This volume will be a resource of great value and interest for anyone working on ancient metaphysics and theology.
Aristotle On Substance
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Author : Mary Louise Gill
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Aristotle On Substance written by Mary Louise Gill and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Philosophy categories.
This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the imposition of form on preexisting matterhave the conceptual unity that Aristotle demands of primary substances? Mary Louise Gill bases her treatment of the problem of unity, and of Aristotle's solution, on a fresh interpretation of the relation between matter and form. Challenging the traditional understanding of Aristotelian matter, she argues that material substances are subverted by matter and maintained by form that controls the matter to serve a positive end. The unity of material substances thus involves a dynamic relation between resistant materials and directive ends. Aristotle on Substance offers both a general account of matter, form, and substantial unity and a specific assessment of particular Aristotelian arguments. At every point, Gill engages Aristotle on his own philosophical ground through the detailed analysis of central, and often controversial, texts from the Metaphysics, Physics, On Generation and Corruption, De Anima, De Caelo, and the biological works. The result is a coherent, firmly grounded rethinking of Aristotle's central metaphysical concepts and of his struggle toward a fully consistent theory of material substances.
Commentary On Metaphysics Books 7 12
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Author : Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Commentary On Metaphysics Books 7 12 written by Saint Thomas (Aquinas) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Metaphysics categories.
"Foundational in its consideration of being and the transcendentals, the Metaphysics of Aristotle is a dense and difficult work on its own. This volume contains the first half of St. Thomas's commentary on the Metaphysics, beginning with discussing the views of Aristotle's predecessors and moving towards a discussion of being"--
A History Of Philosophy
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Author : Albert Schwegler
language : en
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Release Date : 2001-06
A History Of Philosophy written by Albert Schwegler and has been published by The Minerva Group, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with Philosophy categories.
Space Time Matter And Form
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Author : David Bostock
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-02-16
Space Time Matter And Form written by David Bostock and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-16 with Philosophy categories.
Space, Time, Matter, and Form collects ten of David Bostock's essays on themes from Aristotle's Physics, four of them published here for the first time. The first five papers look at issues raised in the first two books of the Physics, centred on notions of matter and form, and the idea of substance as what persists through change. They also range over other of Aristotle's scientific works, such as his biology and psychology and the account of change in his De Generatione et Corruptione. The volume's remaining essays examine themes in later books of the Physics, including infinity, place, time, and continuity. Bostock argues that Aristotle's views on these topics are of real interest in their own right, independent of his notions of substance, form, and matter; they also raise some pressing problems of interpretation, which these essays seek to resolve.
The Cambridge Companion To Plotinus
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Author : Lloyd P. Gerson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-13
The Cambridge Companion To Plotinus written by Lloyd P. Gerson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-13 with Philosophy categories.
Sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus' 'Neoplatonism'.