Book ID: CBB178484333

Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion (2018)

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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 objects.Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion focuses on refuting this misconception, arguing that Aristotle actually offered a systematic account of matter, motion, and the basic causal powers found in all physical objects. Author Christopher Byrne sheds lights on Aristotle's account of matter, revealing how Aristotle maintained that all perceptible objects are ultimately made from physical matter of one kind or another, accounting for their basic common features. For Aristotle, then, matter matters a great deal.

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Review Jean De Groot (2022) Review of "Aristotle's Science of Matter and Motion". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 430-431). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sentesy, Mark
Woodcox, Adam
Santiago Chame
Michael James Griffin
Zhang, Butian
Younesie, Mostafa
Concepts
Philosophy
Motion (physical)
Physics
Matter theory
Natural science
Metaphysics
Time Periods
Ancient
Early modern
Medieval
17th century
Places
Greece
Europe
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Ikhwān al-Ṣafā (Brethren of Purity)
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