Aristotle on the Emergence of Material Complexity: Meteorology IV and Aristotle's Biology (2014)
Lennox, James G. (Author)
HOPOS
Volume: 4
Pages: 272-305
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
...MoreDescription Focus of article is on generation of animals and parts of animals. Contents of series:
Article Popa, Tiberiu (2014) Scientific Method in Meteorology IV. HOPOS (pp. 306-334).
Article Gill, Mary Louise (2014) The Limits of Teleology in Aristotle's Meteorology IV.12. HOPOS (pp. 335-350).
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