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Mary Louise Gill - Self-Motion: From Aristotle to Newton - 9780691603902 - V9780691603902
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Self-Motion: From Aristotle to Newton

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Description for Self-Motion: From Aristotle to Newton Paperback. Editor(s): Gill, Mary Louise; Lennox, James G. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 390 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
The concept of self-motion is not only fundamental in Aristotle's argument for the Prime Mover and in ancient and medieval theories of nature, but it is also central to many theories of human agency and moral responsibility. In this collection of mostly new essays, scholars of classical, Hellenistic, medieval, and early modern philosophy and science explore the question of whether or not there are such things as self-movers, and if so, what their self-motion consists in. They trace the development of the concept of self-motion from its formulation in Aristotle's metaphysics, cosmology, and philosophy of nature through two millennia of philosophical, religious, and scientific thought. This volume contains Self-Movers (David Furley), Aristotle on Self-Motion (Mary Louise Gill), Aristotle on Perception, Appetition, and Self-Motion (Cynthia Freeland), Self-Movement and External Causation (Susan Sauve Meyer), Aristotle on the Mind's Self-Motion (Michael Wedin), Mind and Motion in Aristotle (Christopher Shields), Aristotle's Prime Mover (Aryeh Kosman), The Transcendence of the Prime Mover (Lindsay Judson), Self-Motion in Stoic Philosophy (David Hahm), Duns Scotus on the Reality of Self-Change (Peter King), Ockham, Self-Motion, and the Will (Calvin Normore), and Natural Motion and Its Causes: Newton on the 'Vis Insita' of Bodies (J. E. McGuire). Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691603902
SKU
V9780691603902
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Reviews for Self-Motion: From Aristotle to Newton
The concept of self-motion played a vital role both in the explanation of natural change and in discussions of the freedom of the will. This collection of twelve articles traces the concept of self-motion through much of its history... [T]he result is an illuminating, challenging, and beautifully produced book.
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