Syllabus for 7AAN2024 Greek Philosophical Texts II: AristotlePhysics 2 The best edition to use for this course

is Sir David Ross (1936) Aristotles Physics, OUP. Preparatory reading: Hankinson, R. J. (1995) 'Philosophy of Science'. In Barnes, J. (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, Cambridge, CUP: 109-167. 1) Week 1: 192b8-193a28. a) Waterlow, S. (1982) Nature, Change, and Agency in Aristotles Physics: a Philosophical Study, Oxford, Clarendon Press, chapter 2. 2) Week 2: 193a28-194a12. a) Irwin, T. (1988) Aristotles First Principles, Oxford, Clarendon Press, chapter 5. Available online at <www.oxfordscholarship.com>. 3) Week 3: 194a12-195a3. a) Ackrill, J. L. (1981) Aristotle the Philosopher, Oxford, Clarendon Press, chapter 4. b) Lear, J. (1988) Aristotle: The Desire to Understand, Cambridge, CUP, chapter 2. 4) Week 4: 195a3-195b30. a) Annas, J. (1982) 'Aristotle on Inefficient Causes', Philosophical Quarterly 32: 311326. Also in JSTOR. b) Moravcsik, J. M. (1991) 'What Makes Reality Intelligible? Reflections on Aristotle's Theory of Aitia'. In Judson, L. (ed.) Aristotle's Physics: a Collection of Essays, Oxford, Clarendon Press: 31-47. 5) Week 5: 195b31-196b9. a) Sorabji, R. (1980) Necessity, Cause and Blame: Perspectives on Aristotles Theory, London, Duckworth,chapter 2. b) Freeland, C. A. (1991) 'Accidental Causes and Real Explanations'. In Judson, L. (ed.) Aristotles Physics: a Collection of Essays, Oxford, Clarendon Press: 49-72. 6) Week 6: 196b10-197a35. a) Judson, L. (1991) 'Chance and Always or for the most part in Aristotle'. In Judson, L. (ed.) Aristotles Physics: a Collection of Essays, Oxford, Clarendon Press: 73-99. 7) Week 7: 197a36-197198a13. a) Sorabji, R. (1980) Necessity, Cause and Blame: Perspectives on Aristotles Theory, London, Duckworth,chapter 10. 8) Week 8: 198a14-199a8. a) Charles, D. (1991) 'Teleological Causation in the Physics'. In Judson, L. (ed.) Aristotles Physics: a Collection of Essays, Oxford, Clarendon Press: 101-128. b) Sedley, D. (1991) 'Is Aristotle's Teleology Anthropocentric?' Phronesis 36: 179-196. 9) Week 9: 199a8-199b33. a) Meyer, S. S. (1992) 'Aristotle, Teleology, and Reduction', The Philosophical Review 101: 791-825. 10) Week 10: 199b34-200b8. a) Cooper, J. (1987) 'Hypothetical Necessity and Natural Teleology'. In Gotthelf, A. & Lennox, J. (eds.) Philosophical Issues in Aristotle's Biology, Cambridge, CUP: 243274. b) Mackie, J. L. (1974) The Cement of the Universe: a Study of Causation, Oxford, Clarendon Press, chapter 11.