Exploration of Aristotle's philosophy of nature in the light of scholarly insights.

In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in

This collection of groundbreaking new essays show how Aristotle's natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.

Monte Johnson examines one of the most controversial aspects of Aristiotle's natural philosophy: his teleology. Is teleology about causation or explanation? Doe

Argues that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core and shows that Aristotle's genuine views hav