Aristotle's concept of chance accidents, cause, necessity, and determinism /
| Основен автор: | Dudley, John, 1967- |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
℗♭2010.
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SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
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Aristotle's concept of chance. |
Съдържание:
- ""Aristotle�s Concept of Chance""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I. CHANCE IN THE PHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE:THE METAPHYSICS OF CHANCE""; ""1. THE DOCTRINE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi""; ""(i) Context and method""; ""(ii) Terminology""; ""(iii) Only unusual occurrences come about by chance""; ""(iv) Chance refers to events""; ""(v) Some events are meaningful and others are not""; ""(vi) Chance events are both unusual and meaningful""; ""(vii) Chance is a cause""; ""(viii) Chance is an accidental cause that is meaningful""
- ""(Ix) Chance as an accidental cause can pertain to any category""""(x) Chance events are inherently unpredictable""; ""(xi) The relationship of I?I?I?I℗ʺ to I?II?I?I℗ʺ; their outcomes are contingent ""; ""(xii) Both good luck and bad luck are meaningful""; ""(xiii) Good luck""; ""(xiv)The distinction between I?I?I?I℗ʺ and I?I℗ła??I?I¿I?I℗łI?I℗I?""; ""(xv) The relationship of I?I℗ła??I?I¿I?I℗łI?I℗I? to I?I℗ƠI?I℗ʺI? ""; ""(xvi) Substances generated counter to nature fall und I?I℗ła??I?I¿I?I℗łI?I℗I? ""; ""(xvii) Chance, I?I℗a℗?I? and I?I?I?I℗£I? ""; ""2. THE STRUCTURE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi""
- ""3. DATING PHYS. II, iv-vi""""(a) Texts in which Ï?Ï?Ï?η covers all of chance""; ""(b) Î?Ï?Ï?η in Aristotleâ€?s mature metaphysical writings""; ""(i) the meaning of Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? καΠ̄Ï?Ï?Ï?η ""; ""(ii) Inconclusive passages in the later metaphysical writings ""; ""(iii) The sources of generation""; ""(iv) Note on Met. K ""; ""(v) Conclusion""; ""4. NECESSITY AND CHANCE""; ""(a) Aristotleâ€?s concept of necessity""; ""(i) Introduction""; ""(ii) Absolute necessity""; ""(iii) Final causes are not derived by absolute necessity""; ""(iv) The necessity of the Unmoved Mover""
- ""(V) Hypothetical necessity""""(vi) Degrees of hypothetical necessity""; ""(vii) Force""; ""(viii) Fate""; ""(ix) The correspondence of the four causes to absolute and hypothetical necessity""; ""(x) The coincidence of hypothetical and absolute necessity""; ""(xi) The distinction in subject-matter and method betweenphysics and the other two theoretical sciences""; ""(xii) Accidents occur by absolute and notby hypothetical necessity""; ""(xiii) There is no science of the unusual accident""; ""(xiv) Necessity in relation to man""
- ""(B) Necessity and chance: Aristotle�s criticism of the Presocratics""""(ii) Necessity and chance in Democritus""; ""(iii) Conclusion""; ""(a) Additional note on Phys. VIII, iv (cf. n. 86 supra).""; ""(b) Additional note on Plato's concept of chance (cf. n. 172 supra).""; ""(c) Additonal note on Empedocles' zoogony (cf. n. 182 supra).""; ""(d) Additional note on Phys. II, iv, 196 a 28-33 (cf. supra n. 191).""; ""5. THE CAUSES OF THAT WHICH OCCURS BY CHANCE""; ""(a) Chance events""; ""(b) Monsters""; ""(c) Spontaneous generation""; ""(i) The vocabulary of spontaneous generation""