Article ID: CBB001421726

Aristotle on the Emergence of Material Complexity: Meteorology IV and Aristotle's Biology (2014)

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Lennox, James G. (Author)


HOPOS
Volume: 4
Pages: 272-305


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: First article in a Forum: “Aristotle's Chemistry between Theory and Practice”
Language: English

In this article I defend an account of Meteorology IV as providing a material-level causal account of the emergence of uniform materials with a wide range of dispositional properties not found at the level of the four elements---the emergence of material complexity. I then demonstrate that this causal account is used in the Generation of Animals and Parts of Animals as part of the explanation of the generation of the uniform parts (tissues) and of their role in providing nonuniform parts (organs) with the dispositional properties needed to fulfill their functions

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Article Popa, Tiberiu (2014) Scientific Method in Meteorology IV. HOPOS (pp. 306-334). unapi

Article Gill, Mary Louise (2014) The Limits of Teleology in Aristotle's Meteorology IV.12. HOPOS (pp. 335-350). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gotthelf, Allan
Beullens, Pieter
Tipton, Jason A.
O'Connor, Scott
Stoyles, Byron J.
Scharle, Margaret Elizabeth
Concepts
Animals
Four elements (philosophy)
Zoology
Biology
Physiology
Biogenesis; origin of life; spontaneous generation
Time Periods
Ancient
Renaissance
Medieval
15th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
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