
Form, Matter, and Mixture in Aristotle
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-631-20092-5 (ISBN)
Description
Explores different applications of Aristotle's hypothesis on the components of form, matter and pyschological states.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-20092-5 (9780631200925)
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Persons
Frank Lewis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He has also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, at Stanford University, and at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Substance and Predication in Aristotle (1991), and of numerous articles in ancient philosophy, especially the philosophy of Aristotle. Robert Bolton is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has also taught at MIT, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland. He is the author of Science, Dialectique, et Ethique chez Aristotle (1996) and of many papers in ancient philosophy.
Content
1. Keeping the Matter in Mind: Aristotle on the Passions and the Soul: Michael Wedin (University of California, Davis). 2. Aristotle on the Unity of Substance: Frank A. Lewis (University of Southern California).
3. The Problem of Mixture: Kit Fine (UCLA).
4. Fire in the Belly: Aristotelian Elements, Organisms and Chemical Compounds: James Bogen (Pitzer College).
5. Potentiality in Aristotle's Science and Metaphysics: Alan Code (Ohio State University.).
6. Science and the Science of Substance in Aristotle's 'Metaphysics': Robert Bolton (Rutgers University).
3. The Problem of Mixture: Kit Fine (UCLA).
4. Fire in the Belly: Aristotelian Elements, Organisms and Chemical Compounds: James Bogen (Pitzer College).
5. Potentiality in Aristotle's Science and Metaphysics: Alan Code (Ohio State University.).
6. Science and the Science of Substance in Aristotle's 'Metaphysics': Robert Bolton (Rutgers University).