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Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical IntroductionTo Be Is to Be for the Sake of Something: Aristotle’s Arguments with Materialism

Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical Introduction: To Be Is to Be for the Sake of Something:... [There are many ‘idealist’ critiques of materialism, including as a natural philosophy. Early modern critiques often invoke a notion of ‘soul’ or ‘life’ as a feature which the materialist either eliminates, or at least cannot account for. Here I examine an early and powerful critique of materialism in Aristotle, which brings out both his subtlety with regard to the nature of biological entities and, perhaps, his desire to find a ‘third way’ between the pure idealism of Platonic forms and the equally pure chance-and-necessity of the atomists, who he calls the phusiologoi.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Materialism: A Historico-Philosophical IntroductionTo Be Is to Be for the Sake of Something: Aristotle’s Arguments with Materialism

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
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978-3-319-24818-9
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19 –33
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10.1007/978-3-319-24820-2_2
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[There are many ‘idealist’ critiques of materialism, including as a natural philosophy. Early modern critiques often invoke a notion of ‘soul’ or ‘life’ as a feature which the materialist either eliminates, or at least cannot account for. Here I examine an early and powerful critique of materialism in Aristotle, which brings out both his subtlety with regard to the nature of biological entities and, perhaps, his desire to find a ‘third way’ between the pure idealism of Platonic forms and the equally pure chance-and-necessity of the atomists, who he calls the phusiologoi.]

Published: Jan 7, 2016

Keywords: Natural Process; Prime Mover; Heavenly Body; Material Explanation; Dead Matter

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