Aristotle's concept of chance : accidents, cause, necessity, and determinism / John Dudley.

Includes bibliographies and index.

""Aristotle�s Concept of Chance""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I. CHANCE IN THE PHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE:THE METAPHYSICS OF CHANCE""; ""1. THE DOCTRINE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi""; ""(i) Context and method""; ""(ii) Terminology""; ""(iii) Only unusual occurrences come about by chance""; ""(iv) Chance refers to events""; ""(v) Some events are meaningful and others are not""; ""(vi) Chance events are both unusual and meaningful""; ""(vii) Chance is a cause""; ""(viii) Chance is an accidental cause that is meaningful""

""(Ix) Chance as an accidental cause can pertain to any category""""(x) Chance events are inherently unpredictable""; ""(xi) The relationship of Ï?Ï?Ï?η to Ï?ÎÏ?Î?η; their outcomes are contingent ""; ""(xii) Both good luck and bad luck are meaningful""; ""(xiii) Good luck""; ""(xiv)The distinction between Ï?Ï?Ï?η and Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ?""; ""(xv) The relationship of Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? to Î?άÏ?ηÎ? ""; ""(xvi) Substances generated counter to nature fall und Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? ""; ""(xvii) Chance, Î?οá¿?Ï? and Ï?Ï?Ï?ιÏ? ""; ""2. THE STRUCTURE OF PHYS. II, iv-vi""

""3. DATING PHYS. II, iv-vi""""(a) Texts in which Ï?Ï?Ï?η covers all of chance""; ""(b) Î?Ï?Ï?η in Aristotleâ€?s mature metaphysical writings""; ""(i) the meaning of Ï?αá??Ï?ÏŒÎ?αÏ?οÎ? καΠ̄Ï?Ï?Ï?η ""; ""(ii) Inconclusive passages in the later metaphysical writings ""; ""(iii) The sources of generation""; ""(iv) Note on Met. K ""; ""(v) Conclusion""; ""4. NECESSITY AND CHANCE""; ""(a) Aristotleâ€?s concept of necessity""; ""(i) Introduction""; ""(ii) Absolute necessity""; ""(iii) Final causes are not derived by absolute necessity""; ""(iv) The necessity of the Unmoved Mover""

""(V) Hypothetical necessity""""(vi) Degrees of hypothetical necessity""; ""(vii) Force""; ""(viii) Fate""; ""(ix) The correspondence of the four causes to absolute and hypothetical necessity""; ""(x) The coincidence of hypothetical and absolute necessity""; ""(xi) The distinction in subject-matter and method betweenphysics and the other two theoretical sciences""; ""(xii) Accidents occur by absolute and notby hypothetical necessity""; ""(xiii) There is no science of the unusual accident""; ""(xiv) Necessity in relation to man""

""(B) Necessity and chance: Aristotle�s criticism of the Presocratics""""(ii) Necessity and chance in Democritus""; ""(iii) Conclusion""; ""(a) Additional note on Phys. VIII, iv (cf. n. 86 supra).""; ""(b) Additional note on Plato's concept of chance (cf. n. 172 supra).""; ""(c) Additonal note on Empedocles' zoogony (cf. n. 182 supra).""; ""(d) Additional note on Phys. II, iv, 196 a 28-33 (cf. supra n. 191).""; ""5. THE CAUSES OF THAT WHICH OCCURS BY CHANCE""; ""(a) Chance events""; ""(b) Monsters""; ""(c) Spontaneous generation""; ""(i) The vocabulary of spontaneous generation""

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