Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology

by Allan Gotthelf

This volume presents an interconnected set of sixteen essays, four of which are previously unpublished, by Allan Gotthelf--one of the leading experts in the study of Aristotle's biological writings. Gotthelf addresses three main topics across Aristotle's three main biological treatises. Starting with his own ground-breaking study of Aristotle's natural teleology and its illuminating relationship with the Generation of Animals, Gotthelf proceeds to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287953
• ISBN13: 9780199287956
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"