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Time for Aristotle : Physics IV. 10-14 /

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Ursula Coope argues that Aristotle sees time as a universal order within which all changes are related to each other. This interpretation enables her to explain two striking Aristotelian claims: that the now is like a moving thing, and that time depends for its existence on the mind.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coope, Ursula
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Oxford Aristotle studies.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Physics.
Aristotle.
Aristote. > Physique.
Physics (Aristotle)
Time > Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
Temps (Philosophie)
Philosophie de la nature.
Temps > Philosophie.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Philosophy of nature
Time > Philosophy
Tijd.
Physica (Aristoteles)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; PART I
  • INTRODUCTORY PUZZLES AND THE STARTING POINTS OF INQUIRY; PART II
  • TIME'S DEPENDENCE ON CHANGE; PART III
  • TIME AS A NUMBER AND TIME AS A MEASURE; PART IV
  • THE SAMENESS AND DIFFERENCE OF TIMES AND NOWS; PART V
  • TWO CONSEQUENCES OF ARISTOTLE'S ACCOUNT OF TIME; Appendix: The expression 'ho pote on X esti'; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.