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Necessity and the physicalist account in Aristotle’s physics : difficulties with the rainfall example
Aristotle
ancient philosophy
causality
teleology
necessity
nature
physicalism
rainfall example
The aim of the present article is to consider the shortcomings of the physicalist rainfall example set forth by Aristotle in Physics II.8. I first outline the ancient physicalist account of the coming-to-be of natural organisms and the accompanying rejection of the teleological character of such processes. Then I examine the rainfall example itself. The fundamental difficulty is that rainfall does not appear to have a proper nature. Hence it is not natural in the strict sense and cannot be used in arguments either for or against natural teleology. Rainfall can at most have an end in a weak sense, which makes it inadequate as a paradigm. Furthermore, the physicalist conception of action for an end is itself flawed. I argue that they construe it anthropomorphically and falsely presuppose a symmetry between coming-to-be and ceasing-to-be.
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dc.abstract.en | The aim of the present article is to consider the shortcomings of the physicalist rainfall example set forth by Aristotle in Physics II.8. I first outline the ancient physicalist account of the coming-to-be of natural organisms and the accompanying rejection of the teleological character of such processes. Then I examine the rainfall example itself. The fundamental difficulty is that rainfall does not appear to have a proper nature. Hence it is not natural in the strict sense and cannot be used in arguments either for or against natural teleology. Rainfall can at most have an end in a weak sense, which makes it inadequate as a paradigm. Furthermore, the physicalist conception of action for an end is itself flawed. I argue that they construe it anthropomorphically and falsely presuppose a symmetry between coming-to-be and ceasing-to-be. | pl |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii | pl |
dc.contributor.author | Olesiak, Jarosław - 101148 | pl |
dc.date.accession | 2016-01-04 | pl |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-04T11:42:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-04T11:42:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | pl |
dc.date.openaccess | 0 | |
dc.description.accesstime | w momencie opublikowania | |
dc.description.admin | [AB] Olesiak, Jarosław 50000135 | pl |
dc.description.number | 45 | pl |
dc.description.physical | 35-58 | pl |
dc.description.version | ostateczna wersja wydawcy | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.13153/diam.45.2015.795 | pl |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1733-5566 | pl |
dc.identifier.project | ROD UJ / P | pl |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/18867 | |
dc.identifier.weblink | http://www.diametros.iphils.uj.edu.pl/index.php/diametros/article/view/795 | pl |
dc.language | eng | pl |
dc.language.container | pol | pl |
dc.rights | Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne 4.0 Międzynarodowa | * |
dc.rights.licence | CC-BY-NC | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.pl | * |
dc.share.type | otwarte czasopismo | |
dc.subject.en | Aristotle | pl |
dc.subject.en | ancient philosophy | pl |
dc.subject.en | causality | pl |
dc.subject.en | teleology | pl |
dc.subject.en | necessity | pl |
dc.subject.en | nature | pl |
dc.subject.en | physicalism | pl |
dc.subject.en | rainfall example | pl |
dc.subtype | Article | pl |
dc.title | Necessity and the physicalist account in Aristotle’s physics : difficulties with the rainfall example | pl |
dc.title.journal | Diametros | pl |
dc.type | JournalArticle | pl |
dspace.entity.type | Publication |
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