{"product_id":"teleology-first-principles-and-scientific-allan-gotthelf-9780199287956","title":"Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology","description":"This volume presents an interconnected set of sixteen essays, four of which are previously unpublished, by Allan Gotthelf--one of the leading experts in the study of Aristotle's biological writings. Gotthelf addresses three main topics across Aristotle's three main biological treatises. Starting with his own ground-breaking study of Aristotle's natural teleology and its illuminating relationship with the \u003cem\u003eGeneration of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, Gotthelf proceeds to the axiomatic structure of biological explanation (and the first principles such explanation proceeds from) in the \u003cem\u003eParts of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e. After an exploration of the implications of these two treatises for our understanding of Aristotle's metaphysics, Gotthelf examines important aspects of the method by which Aristotle organizes his data in the \u003cem\u003eHistory of Animals\u003c\/em\u003e to make possible such a systematic, explanatory study of animals, offering a new view of the place of classification in that enterprise. In a concluding section on 'Aristotle as Theoretical Biologist', Gotthelf explores the basis of Charles Darwin's great praise of Aristotle and, in the first printing of a lecture delivered worldwide, provides an overview of Aristotle as a philosophically-oriented scientist, and 'a proper verdict' on his greatness as scientist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Gotthelf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199287953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199287956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Allan Gotthelf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056649105663,"sku":"9780199287956","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bd05c0f-db90-4a79-a162-49055c9a02ba.jpg?v=1685042493","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teleology-first-principles-and-scientific-allan-gotthelf-9780199287956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}