Title Aristotle's concept of chance : accidents, cause, necessity, and determinism / John Dudley

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (416 pages) Series SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy. Contents Aristotleâ€?s Concept of Chance -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. CHANCE IN THE PHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE:THE METAPHYSICS OF CHANCE -- 1. THE DOCTRINE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi -- (i) Context and method -- (ii) Terminology -- (iii) Only unusual occurrences come about by chance -- (iv) Chance refers to events -- (v) Some events are meaningful and others are not -- (vi) Chance events are both unusual and meaningful -- (vii) Chance is a cause -- (viii) Chance is an accidental cause that is meaningful (Ix) Chance as an accidental cause can pertain to any category(x) Chance events are inherently unpredictable -- (xi) The relationship of Ï?Ï?Ï?η to Ï?ÎÏ?Î?η; their outcomes are contingent -- (xii) Both good luck and bad luck are meaningful -- (xiii) Good luck -- (xiv)The distinction between Ï?Ï?Ï?η and Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? -- (xv) The relationship of Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? to Î?ÎƠÏ?ηÎ? -- (xvi) Substances generated counter to nature fall und Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? -- (xvii) Chance, Î?οá¿?Ï? and Ï?Ï?Ï?ιÏ? -- 2. THE STRUCTURE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi 3. DATING PHYS. II, iv-vi(a) Texts in which Ï?Ï?Ï?η covers all of chance -- (b) Î?Ï?Ï?η in Aristotleâ€?s mature metaphysical writings -- (i) the meaning of Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? ÎðαΠ̄Ï?Ï?Ï?η -- (ii) Inconclusive passages in the later metaphysical writings -- (iii) The sources of generation -- (iv) Note on Met. K -- (v) Conclusion -- 4. NECESSITY AND CHANCE -- (a) Aristotleâ€?s concept of necessity -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) Absolute necessity -- (iii) Final causes are not derived by absolute necessity -- (iv) The necessity of the Unmoved Mover (V) Hypothetical necessity(vi) Degrees of hypothetical necessity -- (vii) Force -- (viii) Fate -- (ix) The correspondence of the four causes to absolute and hypothetical necessity -- (x) The coincidence of hypothetical and absolute necessity -- (xi) The distinction in subject-matter and method betweenphysics and the other two theoretical sciences -- (xii) Accidents occur by absolute and notby hypothetical necessity -- (xiii) There is no science of the unusual accident -- (xiv) Necessity in relation to man (B) Necessity and chance: Aristotleâ€?s criticism of the Presocratics(ii) Necessity and chance in Democritus -- (iii) Conclusion -- (a) Additional note on Phys. VIII, iv (cf. n. 86 supra). -- (b) Additional note on Plato's concept of chance (cf. n. 172 supra). -- (c) Additonal note on Empedocles' zoogony (cf. n. 182 supra). -- (d) Additional note on Phys. II, iv, 196 a 28-33 (cf. supra n. 191). -- 5. THE CAUSES OF THAT WHICH OCCURS BY CHANCE -- (a) Chance events -- (b) Monsters -- (c) Spontaneous generation -- (i) The vocabulary of spontaneous generation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Aristotle SUBJECT Aristotle fast Subject Free will and determinism. Necessity (Philosophy) Probabilities. Chance. Personal Autonomy Probability probability. PHILOSOPHY -- Free Will & Determinism. Chance Free will and determinism Necessity (Philosophy) Probabilities Form Electronic book ISBN 9781438432281 1438432283

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