Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of AnimalsThe Examination of the Animate in Light of the Inanimate: Or, the Argument for the Autonomy of the Zoological Inquiry

Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals: The Examination of the Animate in Light of... [It should not be surprising that Aristotle concerned himself with questions of the mechanics of material and functional explanations. PA II beautifully illustrates this two-parted investigation. Aristotle’s PA II falls into two parts, marked by the announcement of a “new beginning” in II.10. The best way to understand the move from the first to the second half is to note the status of the animate whole, the organism, and its relation to the inanimate.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of AnimalsThe Examination of the Animate in Light of the Inanimate: Or, the Argument for the Autonomy of the Zoological Inquiry

Download PDF
32 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/philosophical-biology-in-aristotle-s-parts-of-animals-the-examination-64qfYRMULH

References (16)

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
ISBN
978-3-319-01420-3
Pages
73 –105
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-01421-0_4
Publisher site
See Chapter on Publisher Site

Abstract

[It should not be surprising that Aristotle concerned himself with questions of the mechanics of material and functional explanations. PA II beautifully illustrates this two-parted investigation. Aristotle’s PA II falls into two parts, marked by the announcement of a “new beginning” in II.10. The best way to understand the move from the first to the second half is to note the status of the animate whole, the organism, and its relation to the inanimate.]

Published: Aug 29, 2013

Keywords: Sense Organ; Functional Explanation; Uniform Part; Material Account; Instrumental Part

There are no references for this article.