Aristotle and Contemporary Science

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These two volumes of essays by outstanding Aristotelian scholars, philosophers of science, and scientists explore the relevance of Aristotle’s thought to developments in contemporary science in such diverse fields as Newtonian and quantum mechanics, relativity theory, mathematics, cosmology, biology, psychology, philosophy of mind, logic, ethics, politics, poetics, and economics. In addition, they offer original and enlightening perspectives on how Aristotle’s thinking can help us solve problems concerning scientific knowledge and method, demonstrative science, explanation, mechanistic determinism, teleology, and realism. Although not all the contributors are in accord as to Aristotle’s success in answering questions of our own day, their exploration of the Stagirite’s thought contributes to a deepening of our understanding of such fundamental concepts as time, infinity, continuity, matter, causation, mind, soul, life, and potentiality and shows why Aristotle is so very alive today.
These volumes are the result of the 1997 Aristotle and Contemporary Science International Conference held at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference was host to eighty scholars from Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Volume I includes essays initially presented in the plenary sessions, while volume II is a collection of selected papers presented at the conference.

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«These stimulating and suggestive volumes deal with Aristotle’s insights into a wide range of fundamental issues that are of extreme interest today, as we are witnessing the emergence of a new formulation of our worldview. The essays that make up these volumes engage in philosophically and scientifically sophisticated discussions shedding light – without at the same time abandoning a critical perspective – on the pertinence of Aristotle’s thought to current questions about nature, time, causality, becoming, and even potentiality. I was always fascinated with his concept of time. M. Heidegger states that this first great treatise on time by Aristotle is by far the most extensive investigation of time itself. These volumes constitute a substantial contribution for two equally significant reasons: for showing the enduring value of Aristotle’s thought and for creating a bridge between science and philosophy.»
(Ilya Prigogine, Nobel Laureate, Solvay Institutes of Physics and Chemistry, Brussels)
«The main focus of the essays collected in these timely volumes is on Aristotle and the sciences. Not only do many of the authors identify anticipations of recent developments in physics and psychology, which are to be found in the writings of Aristotle, but in many cases argue for the adoption of Aristotle’s own concepts, such as the transformation from potentiality to actuality, of the body as the instrument of the soul and so on. Aristotle thus appears not only as a historical figure of great interest, but as a resource for the enrichment of contemporary thought. The editors and publisher have done philosophy a great service in bringing together so many valuable insights.»
(Rom Harré, Linacre College, Oxford)
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