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020 _a9781107337121 (ebook)
020 _z9781107042575 (hardback)
020 _z9781107617254 (paperback)
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_cUkCbUP
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050 0 0 _aQC859
_b.W55 2013
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100 1 _aWilson, Malcolm,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aStructure and Method in Aristotle's Meteorologica :
_bA More Disorderly Nature / [electronic resource]
_cMalcolm Wilson.
246 3 _aStructure & Method in Aristotle's Meteorologica
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (322 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aIn the first full-length study in any modern language dedicated to the Meteorologica, Malcolm Wilson presents a groundbreaking interpretation of Aristotle's natural philosophy. Divided into two parts, the book first addresses general philosophical and scientific issues by placing the treatise in a diachronic frame comprising Aristotle's predecessors and in a synchronic frame comprising his other physical works. It argues that Aristotle thought of meteorological phenomena as intermediary or 'dualizing' between the cosmos as a whole and the manifold world of terrestrial animals. Engaging with the best current literature on Aristotle's theories of science and metaphysics, Wilson focuses on issues of aetiology, teleology and the structure and unity of science. The second half of the book illustrates Aristotle's principal concerns in a section-by-section treatment of the meteorological phenomena and provides solutions to many of the problems that have been raised since the time of the ancient commentators.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107042575
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337121
_zCambridge Books Online
999 _c236708
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