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873847
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Pfeiffer, Christian,1982-
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| Title & Author
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Aristotle's theory of bodies /\ Christian Pfeiffer.
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First edition.
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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Oxford Aristotle studies
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1 online resource
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0191085308
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: 0191824755
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: 9780191824753
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0198779720
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9780198779728
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Aristotle's Theory of Bodies; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; PART I: Putting the Theory of Bodies in its Place; 2: A Remark on the Notion of Body; 3: Body in the Context of Physical Science; 3.1. The Importance of an Account of Body for Physical Science; 3.2. The Connection Between Physics III-IV and the Study of Body; 3.2.1. A remark on Physics III-IV; 3.2.2. Body as part of the conceptual underpinnings of physical science; 3.2.3. Further evidence from On Generation and Corruption; 3.3. A Physical Study of Body.
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3.3.1. Why the study of bodies belongs to physical science3.3.2. More exemplary cases; 3.3.3. The limits of the study of physical bodies; 4: Mathematics and Physical Science; 4.1. The Theory of Physics II. 2; 4.1.1. Studying X but not qua Y; 4.1.1.1 a remark on x qua y; 4.1.1.2 magnitudes, but not qua physical; 4.1.2. Separation and falsity; 4.1.3. The snub example; 4.2. The Mathematician and the Physicist; 4.2.1. The most important results reviewed; 4.2.2. Drawing on mathematical results; PART II: The Theory of Bodies; 5: Body in Categories 6; 5.1. Introduction and Framework.
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5.2. The Continuous and the Discrete5.2.1. The definition of the continuous and the discrete; 5.2.2. Getting the quantifiers right; 5.2.3. Defining the continuous and the discrete; 5.2.4. Some limitations of the theory; 5.2.5. Is it really the definition of continuity?; 5.2.5.1 continuity and connection; 5.2.5.2 continuity and divisibility; 5.3. Having Parts with Position versus Having Parts without Position; 5.3.1. PPos considered; 5.3.2. Position, place, and space; 5.3.3. Further evidence on thesis; 5.3.4. Thesis and the six spatial directions; 5.3.5. A classification of bodies.
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6.3.3. The relation of bodies and their limits6.3.3.1. does the question make sense?; 6.3.3.2. bodies include their limits; 6.3.4. The ontology of boundaries; 6.3.4.1. the ontology and dependence of boundaries; 6.3.4.2. boundaries and properties; 6.3.4.3. boundaries versus parts; 6.4. The Matter of Body; 6.4.1. Two meanings of 'matter' distinguished; 6.4.2. An account of extension; 6.4.3. Why is the interval indeterminate?; 6.4.4. The ontology of extension; 6.4.4.1. independent and dependent extension; 6.4.4.2. the matter of magnitude; 6.4.5. The divisibility of matter and extension.
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6: A Topological Conception of Bodies6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Bodies are Complete; 6.2.1. De Caelo on the completeness of bodies; 6.2.1.1. aristotle's arguments for the priority of bodies; 6.2.1.2. what does teleion mean?; 6.2.2. Substantiality and the dimensions; 6.2.2.1. quantity is not a substance; 6.2.2.2. three-dimensionality and priority in substance; 6.2.2.3. substance, causes, and dimensionality; 6.3. Bodies and Limits; 6.3.1. An account of limits; 6.3.2. Internal and outer boundaries; 6.3.2.1. boundary in and boundary of; 6.3.2.2. boundaries and the (topological) form of an object.
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| Abstract
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Christian Pfeiffer presents the first full account of Aristotle's theory of bodies, the perceptible, extended, and demarcated substances that are the subject-matter of physical science. He shows that many parts of Aristotle's metaphysics and natural philosophy presuppose a general theory of body.
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Aristotle-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Aristotle.
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- Ancient Classical.
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| Dewey Classification
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111/.1
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185
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B485
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B491.S8P44 2018
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