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33Who Needs a Proof of the Principle of Non-Contradiction?Mind. forthcoming.The topic of this paper is Aristotle’s ‘proof by refutation’ of the Principle of Non-Contradiction (Metaphysics Γ 4, 1006a11–1007a20). I consider a worry which has often been raised in connection with this proof. The worry is that, faced with an opponent who is prepared to tolerate contradictions, the argument is dialectically powerless: it is incapable of getting them to abandon their position. In reply, I argue that the proof needs to be seen in its proper context, that is, as part of Aristotl…Read more
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7De Incessu Animalium 10–11: Flight and Two-FootednessIn Andrea Falcon & Stasinos Stavrianeas (eds.), Aristotle on How Animals Move: The de Incessu Animalium: Text, Translation, and Interpretative Essays, Cambridge University Press. pp. 217-232. 2021.
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1On Generation and Corruption II 1In Panos Dimas, Andrea Falcon & Sean Kelsey (eds.), Aristotle: On Generation and Corruption Book II, Cambridge University Press. pp. 22-38. 2022.
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30Physics I.2In Diana Quarantotto (ed.), Aristotle’s Physics I: A Systematic Exploration, Cambridge University Press. pp. 60-81. 2017.
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62Aristotle and the Eleatic OneOxford University Press. 2019.In this book Timothy Clarke examines Aristotle's response to Eleatic monism, the theory of Parmenides of Elea and his followers that reality is 'one'. Clarke argues that Aristotle interprets the Eleatics as thoroughgoing monists, for whom the pluralistic, changing world of the senses is a mere illusion. Understood in this way, the Eleatic theory constitutes a radical challenge to the possibility of natural philosophy. Aristotle discusses the Eleatics in several works, including De Caelo, De Gene…Read more
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519Aristotle and the Ancient Puzzle about Coming to BeOxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 49 129-150. 2015.
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