Aristotle's empiricism : experience and mechanics in the fourth century BC / Jean De Groot.
Pubblicazione:
Las Vegas : Parmenides, c2014.
Descrizione fisica:
XXV, 442 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Note on trasliterations and abbreviations. 1. Empiricism and mathematical science in Aristotle 2. Expressions of the moving radius principle in the fourth century BC 3. Kinesthetic awareness, experience and Phainomena 4. Phainomena in Aristotle's astronomy 5. Dunamis and automata in Aristotle's movement of animals 6. Dunamis in Aristotle's embryology 7. Leverage and balance in Physical problems XVI 8. The maturity of kinematics in the Aristotelian mechanics 9. Did Aristotle have a dynamics? 10. Weight and mathematical science 11. Aristotle's empiricism in cognitive history. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index locorum. Index of names and subjects
