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Some of Aristotle's arguments for teleology involve a distinction between two ways of being necessary: it seems that being necessary in one of these ways preclu
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Monte Johnson examines one of the most controversial aspects of Aristiotle's natural philosophy: his teleology. Is teleology about causation or explanation? Doe
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In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in
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This volume provides cutting-edge research on Aristotle's Physics, taking into account recent changes in the field of Aristotle.
Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology
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This volume presents an interconnected set of sixteen essays, four of which are previously unpublished, by Allan Gotthelf—one of the leading experts in the st