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Generation of Animals is one of Aristotle's most mature,
sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings. His
overall goal is to provide a comprehensive and systematic account
of how animals reproduce, including a study of their reproductive
organs, what we would call fertilization, embryogenesis, and
organogenesis. In this book, international experts present thirteen
original essays providing a philosophically and historically
informed introduction to this important work. They shed light on
the unity and structure of the Generation of Animals, the main
theses that Aristotle defends in the work, and the method of
inquiry he adopts. They also open up new avenues of exploration of
this difficult and still largely unexplored work. The volume will
be essential for scholars and students of ancient philosophy as
well as of the history and philosophy of science.
Generation of Animals is one of Aristotle's most mature,
sophisticated, and carefully crafted scientific writings. His
overall goal is to provide a comprehensive and systematic account
of how animals reproduce, including a study of their reproductive
organs, what we would call fertilization, embryogenesis, and
organogenesis. In this book, international experts present thirteen
original essays providing a philosophically and historically
informed introduction to this important work. They shed light on
the unity and structure of the Generation of Animals, the main
theses that Aristotle defends in the work, and the method of
inquiry he adopts. They also open up new avenues of exploration of
this difficult and still largely unexplored work. The volume will
be essential for scholars and students of ancient philosophy as
well as of the history and philosophy of science.
English summary: Although Aristotle never used the term
"metaphysics," the primary link between philosophy and physics is a
central issue of his philosophy, which has largely determined the
history of Western metaphysics. The contributions all study
questions related to this link. French text. French description: La
metaphysique se definit etymologiquement comme ce qui est au-dela
de la physique. Bien qu'Aristote n'ait jamais fait usage du terme
metaphysique, le lien entre la philosophie premiere et la physique
est une question centrale de sa philosophie, qui a largement
determine l'histoire de la metaphysique occidentale. Aristote, a
plusieurs reprises, affirme que si seuls les etres naturels
existaient, la physique serait la premiere sagesse, mais ajoute
que, comme il y des etres au-dela de ceux-ci, c'est la science qui
les a pour objets qui est premiere. Pourtant, on constate que
certains objets relevent a la fois de la physique et de la
metaphysique: l'ame, le premier moteur . Comment ces objets
peuvent-ils appartenir a deux sciences differentes? Comment la
metaphysique est-elle et peut-elle etre a la fois science de l'etre
en tant qu'etre (ce qu'on appellera plus tard l'ontologie), science
de la substance, theologie, ou encore science des principes et des
premieres causes? Quel rapport ces differentes conceptions de la
metaphysique entretiennent-elles avec la physique? Quel est le
contenu de la metaphysique? Comment determiner son statut par
rapport a la physique? Telles sont les questions que l'on trouvera
traitees dans les etudes reunies ici, qui ont fait l'objet, sous la
direction de Jonathan Barnes, de communications et de discussions
dans le cadre du seminaire 2005-2007 du Centre de recherches sur la
Pensee Antique (Centre Leon Robin)
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