The Oxford handbook of Aristotle / edited by Christopher Shields.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shields, Christopher John.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Physical Description:

xx, 710 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

The volume reflects the broad range of activity Aristotelian studies comprise today

In some chapters, contributors seek to understand Aristotle in his time and place while others seek to place him into direct conversation with contemporary philosophers and their present-day concerns

Includes an introduction to Aristotle's life and works written by the volume editor Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Aristotle's Philosophical Milieu

1 Aristotle's Philosophical Life and Writings / Christopher Shields Shields, Christopher 3

2 Aristotle on Earlier Natural Science / Edward Hussey Hussey, Edward 17

3 Science and Scientific Inquiry in Aristotle: A Platonic Provenance / Robert Bolton Bolton, Robert 46

Part II The Framework of Philosophy: Tools and Methods

4 Aristotle's Categorial Scheme / Paul Studtmann Studtmann, Paul 63

5 De Interpretatione / Hermann Weidemann Weidemann, Hermann 81

6 Aristotle's Logic / Paolo Crivelli Crivelli, Paolo 113

7 Aristotle's Philosophical Method / C. D. C. Reeve Reeve, C. D. C. 150

8 Aristotle on Heuristic Inquiry and Demonstration of What It Is / Kei Chiba Chiba, Kei 171

Part III Explanation and Nature

9 Alteration and Persistence: Form and Matter in the Physics and De Generatione et Corruptione / S. Marc Cohen Cohen, S. Marc 205

10 Teleological Causation / David Charles Charles, David 227

11 Aristotle on the Infinite / Ursula Coope Coope, Ursula 267

12 The Complexity of Aristotle's Study of Animals / James G. Lennox Lennox, James G. 287

13 Aristotle on the Separability of Mind / Fred D. Miller, Jr. Miller, Fred D., Jr. 306

Part IV Being and Beings

14 Being qua Being / Christopher Shields Shields, Christopher 343

15 Substances, Coincidentals, and Aristotle's Constituent Ontology / Michael J. Loux Loux, Michael J. 372

16 Energeia and Dunamis / Stephen Makin Makin, Stephen 400

17 Aristotle's Theology / Stephen Menn Menn, Stephen 422

18 Aristotle's Philosophy of Mathematics / David Bostock Bostock, David 465

Part V Ethics and Politics

19 Conceptions of Happiness in the Nicomachean Ethics / T. H. Irwin Irwin, T. H. 495

20 Aristotle on Becoming Good: Habituation, Reflection, and Perception / Richard Kraut Kraut, Richard 529

21 Aristotle's Politics / Pierre Pellegrin Pellegrin, Pierre 558

Part VI Rhetoric and the Arts

22 Aristotle on the Moral Psychology of Persuasion / Christof Rapp Rapp, Christof 589

23 Aristotle on Poetry / Annamaria Schiaparelli Schiaparelli, Annamaria, Paolo Crivelli Crivelli, Paolo 612

Part VII After Aristotle

24 Meaning: Ancient Comments on Five Lines of Aristotle / Richard Sorabji Sorabji, Richard 629

25 Aristotle in the Arabic Commentary Tradition / Peter Adamson Adamson, Peter 645

26 The Latin Aristotle / Robert Pasnau Pasnau, Robert 665.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [691]-695) and index.

ISBN:

9780195187489

0195187482

OCLC:

760975614