Necessity and the physicalist account in Aristotle’s physics : difficulties with the rainfall example

2015
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article
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dc.abstract.enThe 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.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofiipl
dc.contributor.authorOlesiak, Jarosław - 101148 pl
dc.date.accession2016-01-04pl
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-04T11:42:50Z
dc.date.available2016-01-04T11:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2015pl
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.admin[AB] Olesiak, Jarosław 50000135pl
dc.description.number45pl
dc.description.physical35-58pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.identifier.doi10.13153/diam.45.2015.795pl
dc.identifier.eissn1733-5566pl
dc.identifier.projectROD UJ / Ppl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/18867
dc.identifier.weblinkhttp://www.diametros.iphils.uj.edu.pl/index.php/diametros/article/view/795pl
dc.languageengpl
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enAristotlepl
dc.subject.enancient philosophypl
dc.subject.encausalitypl
dc.subject.enteleologypl
dc.subject.ennecessitypl
dc.subject.ennaturepl
dc.subject.enphysicalismpl
dc.subject.enrainfall examplepl
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dc.titleNecessity and the physicalist account in Aristotle’s physics : difficulties with the rainfall examplepl
dc.title.journalDiametrospl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
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2024-04-10T02:13:31Z
dc.abstract.enpl
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.
dc.affiliationpl
Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Filozofii
dc.contributor.authorpl
Olesiak, Jarosław - 101148
dc.date.accessionpl
2016-01-04
dc.date.accessioned
2016-01-04T11:42:50Z
dc.date.available
2016-01-04T11:42:50Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2015
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.adminpl
[AB] Olesiak, Jarosław 50000135
dc.description.numberpl
45
dc.description.physicalpl
35-58
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.identifier.doipl
10.13153/diam.45.2015.795
dc.identifier.eissnpl
1733-5566
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ROD UJ / P
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http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/18867
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http://www.diametros.iphils.uj.edu.pl/index.php/diametros/article/view/795
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
pol
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY-NC
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
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Aristotle
dc.subject.enpl
ancient philosophy
dc.subject.enpl
causality
dc.subject.enpl
teleology
dc.subject.enpl
necessity
dc.subject.enpl
nature
dc.subject.enpl
physicalism
dc.subject.enpl
rainfall example
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Article
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Necessity and the physicalist account in Aristotle’s physics : difficulties with the rainfall example
dc.title.journalpl
Diametros
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JournalArticle
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Publication
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