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Works CitedIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 175-182. 2018.
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7. The Dual Nature of Perceptible ObjectsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 84-97. 2018.
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1Introduction: The Case against an Aristotelian PhysicsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 1-9. 2018.
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128Aristotle on Plato's Forms as CausesIn Mark J. Nyvlt (ed.), The Odyssey of Eidos: Reflections on Aristotle's Response to Plato, Wipf and Stock. pp. 19-39. 2023.Much of the debate about Aristotle’s criticisms of Plato has focused on the separability of the Forms. Here the dispute has to do with the ontological status of the Forms, in particular Plato’s claim for their ontological priority in relation to perceptible objects. Aristotle, however, also disputes the explanatory and causal roles that Plato claims for the Forms. This second criticism is independent of the first; even if the problem of the ontological status of the Forms were resolved to Aristo…Read more
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121. Motion and Change in Perceptible ObjectsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 10-22. 2018.This chapter considers Aristotle's requirements for perceptible objects qua movable, changeable, and perceptible, namely that they must be extended in three dimensions, movable in space, and capable of physical contact with other extended bodies.
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83Aristotle and Scientific ExperimentsDialogue 59 (4): 527-537. 2020.RÉSUMÉBeaucoup ont soutenu qu'il n'y a pas de place pour des expériences scientifiques dans les sciences naturelles d'Aristote : les expériences interviennent dans la nature, mais Aristote soutient que nous devons simplement observer la nature; si nous intervenions, le résultat serait quelque chose d'artificiel ou contraire à la nature. Contre cela, je soutiens qu'Aristote a non seulement effectué des expériences scientifiques, mais a également maintenu qu'il y a beaucoup de connaissances sur la…Read more
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10. Conclusion: The Independence of the Material CauseIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 120-132. 2018.
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9. The Role of Teleological ExplanationIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 107-119. 2018.
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Index of Texts from AristotleIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 183-196. 2018.
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88. Matter and the SoulIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 98-106. 2018.
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4. The Material Elements and Prime MatterIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 50-58. 2018.
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5. Simple Physical Necessity in the Material ElementsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 59-69. 2018.
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2. Efficient Causality in Perceptible ObjectsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 23-36. 2018.
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6. Simple Physical Necessity in Objects Made out of the ElementsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 70-83. 2018.
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3. The Material Causes of Perceptible ObjectsIn Aristotle’s Science of Matter and Motion, University of Toronto Press. pp. 37-49. 2018.
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65Aristotle’s Science of Matter and MotionUniversity of Toronto Press. 2018.Although Aristotle's contribution to biology has long been recognized, there are many philosophers and historians of science who still hold that he was the great delayer of natural science, calling him the man who held up the Scientific Revolution by two thousand years. They argue that Aristotle never considered the nature of matter as such or the changes that perceptible objects undergo simply as physical objects; he only thought about the many different, specific natures found in perceptible o…Read more
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3William Jordan, Ancient Concepts of Philosophy Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 16 (3): 176-178. 1996.Review of Ancient Concepts of Philosophy by William Jordan.
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966Forms and Causes in Plato's PhaedoDionysius 13 3-15. 1989.Gregory Vlastos has argued that Aristotle and other commentators on the Phaedo have mistakenly interpreted Plato’s Forms to be efficient causes. While Vlastos is correct that the Forms by themselves are not efficient causes, because of his neo-Kantianism he has misunderstood the close connection between the Forms and the explanation of change, including teleological change. This paper explores the connection in Plato’s Phaedo between the Forms, the nature of change, and efficient causality, an…Read more
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Naomi Reshotko, ed., Desire, Identity and Existence: Essays in Honour of TM Penner Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 24 (5): 357-359. 2004.Review of Desire, Identity and Existence, edited by Naomi Reshotko.
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88Aristotle (review)Ancient Philosophy 29 (1): 217-220. 2009.Review of Aristotle: Metaphysics Theta, translated and annotated by S. Makin
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1Livio Rossetti, ed., Greek Philosophy in the New Millenium Reviewed by (review)Philosophy in Review 25 (4): 296-298. 2005.Review of Greek Philosophy in the New Millenium, edited by Livio Rossetti.
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130Prime matter and actualityJournal of the History of Philosophy 33 (2): 197-224. 1995.In the context of Aristotle's metaphysics and natural philosophy, 'prime matter' refers to that material cause which is both the proximate material cause of the four sublunary elements and the ultimate material cause of all perishable substances. On the traditional view, prime matter is pure potentiality, without any determinate nature of its own. Against this view, I argue that prime matter must be physical, extended, and movable matter if it is to fulfil its role as the substratum persisting t…Read more
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152Aristotle on Physical Necessity and the Limits of Teleological ExplanationApeiron 35 (1): 19-46. 2002.Some commentators have argued that there is no room in Aristotle's natural science for simple, or unconditional, physical necessity, for the only necessity that governs all natural substances is hypothetical and teleological. Against this view I argue that, according to Aristotle, there are two types of unconditional physical necessity at work in the material elements, the one teleological, governing their natural motions, and the other non-teleological, governing their physical interaction. I a…Read more
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109Matter and Aristotle's Material CauseCanadian Journal of Philosophy 31 (1): 85-111. 2001.In his metaphysics and natural philosophy, Aristotle uses the concept of a material cause,i.e., that from which something can be made or generated. This paper argues that Aristotle also has a concept of matter in the sense of physical stuff. Aristotle develops this concept of matter in the course of investigating the material causes of perceptible substances. Because of the requirements for change, locomotion, and the physical interaction of material objects, Aristotle holds that all perceptible…Read more
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