VIII. The Understanding of Natural Processes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword III
3. Contents IX
4. I. The Aristotelian Approach to Understanding: Living, Knowing, and Talking 1
5. II. Aristotle’s Life and Corpus 9
6. III. Science as Right Talking: The Analysis of Discourse 32
7. IV. Aristotle’s Functional Concepts: Living and Desiring 59
8. V. The Power of Selective Response: Sensing and Knowing 81
9. VI. First Philosophy: The Ultimate Distinctions 107
10. VII. The Heavens 145
11. VIII. The Understanding of Natural Processes 163
12. IX. The Analysis of Motion 189
13. X. The Emergence of Novelty: The Analysis of Genes 207
14. XI. Aristotle’s Functionalism Illustrated in Biological Theory 219
15. XII. The Practical Sciences: Knowing How to Choose Relative Goods 243
16. XIII. The Productive Sciences: Knowing How to Make Things 272
17. XIV. The Heritage of Aristotle 294
18. Index 301