A noção de causalidade final na filosofia da natureza de Aristoteles
AUTOR(ES)
Luis Marcio Nogueira Fontes
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
This MA thesis investigates Aristotle s natural teleology, its presuppositions and implications. In order to achieve a better understanding of his theory, a study of the critiques he addresses to his predecessors - Platonists and materialists - is made. On the one hand, Aristotle exposes theses theories for not being able to explain certain natural facts, such as the constancy of reproduction; on the other, he finds the origin of this deficiency in the emphasis these philosophers give to one cause alone (be it material or formal).A solution to these problems, Aristotle argues, can only be reached if we seriously considerthe four causes: material, formal, ef:ficientand final
ASSUNTO(S)
filosofia antiga metafisica teologia historia - filosofia
