Reading Aristotle: Physics 7.3 "What is Alteration?" Proceedings of the International ESAP-HYELE Conference

by Stefano MASO; Carlo NATALI; Gerhard SEEL

• ISBN13: 9781930972735
• ISBN10: 1930972733
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: Parmenides Pub

Summary

This is one of the crucial texts in Aristotle's theory of change, in which he deals with the question of what alteration is and what it is not. Aristotle discusses change in various parts of his writings, and seems to provide a broad range of notions: movement and change of place, alteration in aspect and form, temporal change, variation in the way a given being is perceived, the change in relationship between beings, qualitative and accidental alterations. This volume presents the results of the ESAP-HYELE conference on "Aristotle, Physics 7.3: What is Alteration?", which took place in Vitznau, Switzerland in 2007. The contributors are part of a team of Aristotelian scholars that first came together in 1995, and have since been meeting every spring. The purpose of their gatherings was to read and interpret line by line a short, but important chapter of Aristotle's works. In this way, attention was focussed on key texts of particular exegetic and theoretical interest. Each session started with the presentation of a translation and a first analysis of the main problems; these then became the subject of an intense debate which illustrates the different schools of thought and methodological approaches. This volume sets out to provide the reader with new insights into Aristotle's: Physics 7.3.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Greek Text with English Translation (harmonized	p. 15
Version ¿	p. 17
Version ß	p. 27
Analysis and Commentary: Preliminary Remarks	p. 37
Commentaries on the six Sections of the Chapter	p. 43
245b3-246a9 by Benjamin Morison	p. 43
246al0-246b3 by Ursula Coope	p. 57
246b3-246b20 by István Bodnár	p. 73
246b20-247al9 by Cristina Viano	p. 85
247bl-247bl3 by Frans A. J. de Haas	p. 99
247bl3-248a9 by Carlo Natali	p. 109
Appendices	p. 119
The Logical and Semantic Background of Aristotle's Argumentation	p. 121
Aristotle, Physics VII.3.245b3-248a9: Towards a Fuller Synopsis of the Two Versions	p. 131
Bibliography	p. 137
Index Locorum	p. 143
General Index	p. 147
Index of Greek Terms	p. 151
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