Edward Engelmann

Nature and the Artificial

Aristotelian Reflections on the Operative Imperative

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the artificial by examining transformations in the Aristotelian metaphysical understanding of the relationship between nature and techne, which leads to the "operative imperative" in early modernity. With this a reversal takes place, whereby instead of nature being model for techne as it is for Aristotle and Aquinas, techne becomes the model for nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781498538848
• ISBN-10: 1498538843
• Artikelnr.: 47367636

Autorenporträt

Edward M. Engelmann teaches philosophy at Merrimack College and Bridgewater State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Second Acts, Expressive Causality, and Ontological Dependence in
the Aristotelian Tradition
Chapter 2. Second Acts and Ontological Unification
Chapter 3. Theoria and Scientific Demonstration in Aristotle
Chapter 4. Aquinas and Duns Scotus on Creation and Things Created
Chapter 5. Mechanism, Substance, and Causality in the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 6. Techne in Aristotle and the Autonomous Artifact
Chapter 7. The Operative Intentional Orientation in Early Modernism
Chapter 8. Computational Theory and the Autonomous Artifact
Chapter 9. The Rise of the Artificial