- Tytuł:
- Empedocles and the Other Physiologists in Aristotle’s Physics II 8
- Autorzy:
- Giardina, Giovanna R.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/633456.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- Tematy:
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Presocratics
mechanism
physics
teleology
rainfall
Aristotle - Opis:
- In this paper I propose to show: 1) that in Phys. II 8 Aristotle takes Empedocles as a paradigm for a theoretical position common to all philosophers who preceded him: the view that materialism implies a mechanistic explanation of natural becoming; and 2) that, since Empedocles is regarded as a philosopher who clearly expresses the position of all mechanistic materialists, Aristotle builds his teleological arguments precisely to refute him. Indeed, Aristotle believes that refuting the arguments of Empedocles – the champion of mechanism – means refuting the mechanistic theory itself. In order to illustrate this point, I will discuss some passages from Phys. II 8, while also turning to consider the Neoplatonic commentators on Aristotle’s Physics. I will then endeavour to explain why in 198b19 ff. Aristotle formulates the argument of rain, which has attracted so much attention from scholars of the Physics: I will consider whether Aristotle believes that rain serves a purpose, contrary to what he claims with regard to meteorological phenomena in Meteorologica.
- Źródło:
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Peitho. Examina Antiqua; 2016, 7, 1; 13-24
2082-7539 - Pojawia się w:
- Peitho. Examina Antiqua
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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