On Location by Benjamin Morison
On Location is the first book in English exclusively devoted to a highly significant doctrine in the history of philosophy and science--Aristotle's account of place in the Physics. The central question which Aristotle aims to answer is: What is it for something to be somewhere? Ben Morison examines how Aristotle works from simple observations about replacement to a definition of the notion of the place of a body--the inner limit of that body's surroundings. This definition lies at the heart of what we say about places, for instance when we say that we cannot be in two places at once, or that two bodies cannot be in the same place at the same time. Morison also assesses Aristotle's brilliant, though often obscure, criticisms of rival theories. This authoritative exposition and defence of Aristotle's account of place not only allows it to be properly understood in the wider context of the Physics, but also demonstrates that it is of enduring philosophical interest and value.-
Time for Aristotle
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Aristotle on the Common Sense
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Doing and Being
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Aristotle on Meaning and Essence
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The Undivided Self
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Aristotle's Defence of Philosophy in the Protrepticus
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Aristotle on the Essence of Human Thought
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Aristotle on Teleology
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The Powers of Aristotle's Soul
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Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life
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Aristotle's De Interpretatione
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Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology
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Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle
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Order in Multiplicity
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Aristotle's Theory of Substance
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Passions and Persuasion in Aristotle's Rhetoric
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Aristotle on Knowledge and Learning
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Aristotle on Shame and Learning to Be Good
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Priority in Aristotle's Metaphysics
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How Aristotle gets by in Metaphysics Zeta
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Aristotle on the Apparent Good
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Aristotle on What Emotions Are
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Aristotle and the Eleatic One
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Space, Time, Matter, and Form
Benjamin Morison's admirably clear and comprehensive monograph offers the untutored reader an excellent entry * Mohan Matthen, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
A lucid, philosophically acute and admirably concise study of Aristotle's concept of place * Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
An enlightening and engaging discussion* Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
It deserves to be read by everyone with an interest in Aristotle's account of place, and, more broadly, an interest in the manner in which Aristotle approaches the analysis of concepts central to his physical theory. * Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
A lucid, philosophically acute and admirably concise study of Aristotle's concept of place * Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
An enlightening and engaging discussion* Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
It deserves to be read by everyone with an interest in Aristotle's account of place, and, more broadly, an interest in the manner in which Aristotle approaches the analysis of concepts central to his physical theory. * Verity Harte, Philosophical Quarterly *
Benjamin Morison is a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Exeter College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199247912 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199247919 |
| Title | On Location |
| Author | Benjamin Morison |
| Series | Oxford Aristotle Studies Series |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2002-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the Conington Prize 2001 awarded by the Faculty of Literae Humaniores. |
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