Table of Contents

Introduction Mariska Leunissen; 1. How to study natural bodies: Aristotle's Mέθοδος James G. Lennox; 2. Aristotle on interpreting nature Sean Kelsey; 3. Nature as a principle of change Stasinos Stavrianeas; 4. Aristotle on chance as an accidental cause James Allen; 5. Man from man but not bed from bed: nature, art and chance in Physics II Margaret Scharle; 6. In defense of the craft analogy: artifacts and natural teleology Charlotte Witt; 7. The origins of Aristotle's natural teleology in Physics II Robert Bolton; 8. Substantial generation in Physics I. 5-7 Devin Henry; 9. A dynamic ontology: on how Aristotle arrived at the conclusion that eternal change accomplishes Ousia Diana Quarantotto; 10. Aristotle's processes David Charles; 11. Physics V-VI versus VIII: unity of change and disunity in the Physics Jacob Rosen; 12. Perfection and the physiology of habituation according to Physics VII.3 Mariska Leunissen; 13. Self-motion as other-motion in Aristotle's Physics Ursula Coope; 14. The argument of Physics VIII Andrea Falcon.

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This volume provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics, taking into account recent changes in the field of Aristotle.

About the Author

Mariska Leunissen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her recent publications include Explanation and Teleology in Aristotle's Science of Nature (2010).