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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: JudsonPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Clarendon Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.396kg ISBN: 9780198236023ISBN 10: 0198236026 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 28 September 1995 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAristotle's Method in Natural Science: Robert Bolton: Physics I; Julius M. Moravcsik: What makes reality intelligible? Reflections on Aristotle's Theory of Aitia; Cynthia A. Freeland: Accidental causes and real explanations; Lindsay Judson: Chance and 'Always or for the most part' in Aristotle; David Charles: Teleological causation in the Physics; William Charlton: Aristotle's potential infinites; Michael Inwood: Aristotle on the reality of time; David Bostock: Aristotle on continuity in Physics VI; Edward Hussey: Aristotle's mathematical physics: a reconstruction; Mary Louise Gill: Aristotle on self-motion.Reviews`The enormous vitality and range of writing on Aristotle is well reflected in these two collections of essays. ... concerned with just one Aristotelian text, but it is a particularly rich and fundamental one. ... illustrates a very welcome trend in more recent writing on Ancient Philosophy. ... the overwhelming impression ... is of a thriving field of study, characterized by exegetical precision, stylistic clarity and a remarkable ability to illuminate the text in the light of contemporary philosophical interests without distorting it in the process. ... Admirable in method, and stimulating in content, ... required reading for anyone interested in the field.' Heythrop Journal `All exemplify the Oxford style of classical scholarship: informed by contemporary philosophy and the most recent Oxford-style scholarship, and paying careful attention to textual details, the essays argue for novel and challenging interpretations of particular passages.' E. Halper, University of Georgia, Choice, Sep'92 'excellent collection ... The choice of contributors was excellent. The essays are uniformly of a high quality ... it is an excellent secondary source for anyone wishing to take a serious look at the Physics.' Robert Mayhew, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Review of Metaphysics, September 1993 `Readers with a background in Aristotle's physical theories will find well-informed and insightful investigations into Aristotle's methods in natural philosophy.' Religious Studies Review 'The choice of contributors was excellent. The essays are uniformly of a high quality ... an excellent secondary source for anyone wishing to take a serious look at the Physics' Review of Metaphysics Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |