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Comprehensive overview of all the key issues in Aristotle's biological works and their place within his broader philosophy and theology.
List of contents
Introduction Sophia M. Connell; 1. Biology and Theology in Aristotle's Theoretical and Practical Sciences Monte Ransome Johnson; 2. The Presocratics, Plato and Aristotle's Biology Karel Thein; 3. Aristotle's Biology and Early Medicine Hynek Bartos; 4. Empiricism and Hearsay in Aristotle's Zoological Collection of Facts Mariska Leunissen; 5. Parts of Animals Book 1 on Methods of Inquiry Devin Henry; 6. Teleological Perspectives in Aristotle's Biology Jessica Gelber; 7. Aristotle's Biological Metaphysics Charlotte Witt; 8. Life-cycles and the Actions of Nutritive Soul in Aristotle R. A. H. King; 9. Aristotle on Animal Generation and Hereditary Resemblance Sophia M. Connell; 10. The Science of Perception in Aristotle Cynthia Freeland; 11. Aristotle's Theory of Animal Agency and the Problem of Self-motion Klaus Corcillus; 12. Animal Cognition in Aristotle Sophia M. Connell; 13. Elements of Biology in Aristotle's Political Science Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi; 14. The Early Reception of Aristotle's Biology Myrto Hatzimichali; 15. The Reception of Aristotle's Biology in Late Antiquity and Beyond Andrea Falcon; 16. Aristotelian Teleology and Philosophy of Biology in the Darwinian Era David Depew; 17. Aristotle and Contemporary Biology Denis Walsh; Afterword James G. Lennox.
About the author
Sophia M. Connell is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the author of Aristotle on Female Animals: A Study of the Generation of Animals (Cambridge, 2016), and has published papers on Aristotle's biology, ancient political theory and virtue ethics. She represents Ancient Philosophy on the Committee of the British Society for the History of Philosophy and is Associate Editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.
Summary
In this first substantial, comprehensive introduction to Aristotle's biology, leading scholars discuss the key texts and topics and demonstrate how fundamental his ideas in this area are for understanding his broader philosophy and theology. Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as non-specialist scholars.
