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Feser, Edward,

Aristotle's revenge : the metaphysical foundations of physical and biological science / Metaphysical foundations of physical and biological science Edward Feser. - Germany Editiones scholasticae 2019 - 515 pages ; 21 cm. - Editiones scholasticae . - Editiones scholasticae. .

Includes bibliography (pages 457-497) and index.

Two philosophies of nature -- The scientist and scientific method -- Science and reality -- Space, time, and motion -- The philosophy of matter -- Animate nature.

Actuality and potentiality, substantial form and prime matter, efficient causality and teleology are among the fundamental concepts of Aristotelian philosophy of nature. Aristotle's Revenge argues that these concepts are not only compatible with modern science, but are implicitly presupposed by modern science. Among the many topics covered are: the metaphysical presuppositions of scientific method; the status of scientific realism; the metaphysics of space and time; the metaphysics of quantum mechanics; reductionism in chemistry and biology; the metaphysics of evolution; neuroscientific reductionism. The book interacts heavily with the literature on these issues in contemporary analytic metaphysics and philosophy of science, so as to bring contemporary philosophy and science into dialogue with the Aristotelian tradition.

ISBN: 9783868382006 3868382003

Standard No.: 9783868382006

LCCN: 2019391593

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 117253201X DE-101

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy of nature.
Metaphysics.
Physics--Philosophy.
Scholasticism.
Physics--Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of nature.
Scholasticism.

LC Class. No.: Q151 / .F47 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 113