Form, Matter, and Mixture in Aristotle / Edition 1

by Frank A. Lewis, Robert Bolton

Overview

Explores different applications of Aristotle's hypothesis on the components of form, matter and pyschological states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631200925
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/06/1997
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Frank Lewis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He has also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, at Stanford University, and at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Substance and Predication in Aristotle (1991), and of numerous articles in ancient philosophy, especially the philosophy of Aristotle.

Robert Bolton is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He has also taught at MIT, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Virginia, and the University of Maryland. He is the author of Science, Dialectique, et Ethique chez Aristotle (1996) and of many papers in ancient philosophy.

Table of Contents

1. Keeping the Matter in Mind: Aristotle on the Passions and the Soul: Michael Wedin (University of California, Davis).

2. Aristotle on the Unity of Substance: Frank A. Lewis (University of Southern California).

3. The Problem of Mixture: Kit Fine (UCLA).

4. Fire in the Belly: Aristotelian Elements, Organisms and Chemical Compounds: James Bogen (Pitzer College).

5. Potentiality in Aristotle's Science and Metaphysics: Alan Code (Ohio State University.).

6. Science and the Science of Substance in Aristotle's 'Metaphysics': Robert Bolton (Rutgers University).