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A Comprehensible UniverseSeven Fighters against Thebes

A Comprehensible Universe: Seven Fighters against Thebes [Aristotle, on the other hand, argues that, since to understand a thing means to know its causes, it is clear that in order to understand nature we must discover its causes. And there are four fundamental causes in nature: material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, and final cause. Mathematics can deal only with the formal causes. Thus it is insufficient to cope with natural phenomena. In Aristotelian science final causes play the essential role. In the Platonic tradition, mathematics is a priori with respect to natural sciences. In the Aristotelian tradition, mathematics is an abstraction from natural phenomena.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Comprehensible UniverseSeven Fighters against Thebes

A Comprehensible Universe — Jan 1, 2008
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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© Springer-Verlag 2008
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978-3-540-77624-6
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15 –19
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10.1007/978-3-540-77626-0_3
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[Aristotle, on the other hand, argues that, since to understand a thing means to know its causes, it is clear that in order to understand nature we must discover its causes. And there are four fundamental causes in nature: material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, and final cause. Mathematics can deal only with the formal causes. Thus it is insufficient to cope with natural phenomena. In Aristotelian science final causes play the essential role. In the Platonic tradition, mathematics is a priori with respect to natural sciences. In the Aristotelian tradition, mathematics is an abstraction from natural phenomena.]

Published: Jan 1, 2008

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