Conceiving nature after Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel : the philosopher's guide to the universe / Richard Dien Winfield.
This book defies the reigning dismissal of the philosophy of nature by turning to what Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel have had to say about nature and critically thinking through their arguments so as to reconstruct a comprehensive account of the universe. Aided by the contributions of more recent think...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Table of Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Presuppositions of Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Nature""; ""2.1 Theology, Philosophy, and the Presuppositions of Natural Science""; ""2.2 Ancient Theology and Ancient Science of Nature""; ""2.3 Nature as Product of Making Versus Nature as Product of Generation""; ""2.4 Theological and Philosophical Presuppositions of Modern Science""; ""Bibliography""; ""3 How and Where to Begin Conceiving Nature: Three Fundamental Options""; ""3.1 The Aristotelian Approach to Nature""; ""3.2 With What Should the Philosophy of Nature Begin?""
- ""10 From Thermodynamics to Electromagnetism""""10.1 The Ambiguous Position of Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Account of Thermodynamics""; ""10.2 Shape and the Physics of Total Individuality""; ""10.3 Polar Charge and Electricity""; ""10.4 Magnetism""; ""10.5 Magnetism and Crystal Formation""; ""10.6 Magnetism, Crystallization and the Physical Independence of Shape""; ""10.7 Shape in Relation to Physical Processes""; ""10.8 The Relation of Shape to Light""; ""10.9 Shape in Relation to Transparency, Refraction, and Color""; ""10.10 Refraction and Physical Shape""; ""10.11 Color and Physical Shape""
- ""3.3 Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Privileging of Place as Primary""""3.4 The Kantian Approach to Space and Time""; ""Bibliography""; ""4 Space-Time and Matter""; ""4.1 Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Account of the Emergence of Matter from Space, Time, and Place""; ""4.2 Problems Arising in Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Conception of Matter""; ""4.3 Kantâ#x80;#x99;s Dynamic Account of Matter""; ""Bibliography""; ""5 Matter and Motion""; ""5.1 Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Account of Locomotion and Its Relation to the Other Changes of Nature""; ""5.2 The Abiding Problem of Self-motion""; ""5.3 Kant and the Problem of Determining Mass""
- ""5.4 Mechanics and Absolute Motion""""Bibliography""; ""6 From Relative to Absolute Mechanics""; ""6.1 Implications of Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Account of Motion""; ""6.2 The Impoverishment of Natural Process by Kantian Pure Mechanics""; ""6.3 Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Rethinking of the Mechanics of Matter in Motion""; ""Bibliography""; ""7 Physical Process and Light""; ""7.1 Preliminary Outline of the Divisions of Physical Process""; ""7.2 Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Physics of Light""; ""7.3 Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Account of Light""; ""7.4 Light and Qualitative Physics""; ""Bibliography""; ""8 The Physical States of Matter""
- ""8.1 The States of Matter""""8.2 The Lessons of Aristotleâ#x80;#x99;s Account of the Elements""; ""8.3 Kant and the Physical States of Matter""; ""8.4 Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Account of Density, Cohesion, and the States of Matter""; ""Bibliography""; ""9 The Physics of Particular Qualities""; ""9.1 The Void, Density, Elasticity, and Pure Mechanics""; ""9.2 Kant and Chemical Process""; ""9.3 Kant and the Problem of Physical Form in Natural Science""; ""9.4 Hegelâ#x80;#x99;s Physics of Particular Individuality""; ""9.5 Density""; ""9.6 Cohesion""; ""9.7 Elasticity, Sound, and Heat""; ""Bibliography""