An Approach to Aristotle's Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of His Manner of Writing
Maintaining that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core, David Bolotin argues in this book that Aristotle never seriously intended many of his doctrines that have been demolished by modern science. To that end, he presents a number of "case studies" to show that Aristotle deliberately misrepresented his views about nature - a thought that was commonly shared by commentators on his work in late antiquity and the middle ages....
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Maintaining that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core, David Bolotin argues in this book that Aristotle never seriously intended many of his doctrines that have been demolished by modern science. To that end, he presents a number of "case studies" to show that Aristotle deliberately misrepresented his views about nature - a thought that was commonly shared by commentators on his work in late antiquity and the middle ages. Bolotin demonstrates that Aristotle's real views have not been refuted by modern science and still deserve our most serious attention.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Ch. 1On the Principles of the Natural Beings13Ch. 2The Question of Teleology31Ch. 3On Continuity and Infinite Divisibility53Ch. 4The Question of Place77Ch. 5The Doctrine of Weight and Lightness115Ch. 6On Aristotle's Manner of Writing149Index155
