Philosophical Biology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Tipton, Jason A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 26
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; History of Philosophy.; Philosophy of Biology.

This book provides a detailed analysis of Aristotle's  Parts of Animals.  It takes its bearings from the detailed natural history observations that inform, and in many ways penetrate, the philosophical argument.   This analysis raises the question of how easy it is to clearly disentangle what s...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Aristotle’s Philosophy and Biology: The biological phenomena.- Chapter 2: The Problem of Beginnings
• Chapter 3: Recognizing Sameness and Otherness in Animals
• Chapter 4: The Examination of the Animate in Light of the Inanimate: or,The Argument for the Autonomy of the Zoological Inquiry
• Chapter 5: Finding Fault with Nature
• Chapter 6: The Division and Combination of Labor
• Bibiography - Editions, Translations and Commentaries
• Index.