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10 juin 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.septentrion.74334
- isbn: 9782859398408
- eisbn: 9782757426852
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Ben Morison, « Self-motion in Physics VIII », Presses universitaires du Septentrion, ID : 10.4000/books.septentrion.74334
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It is a commonplace of Aristotelian biology that animals have the faculty of locomotion, i.e. they can move on their own – they do not need to be pushed or pulled. Nonetheless, many commentators believe Aristotle’s remarks about self-motion in Physics VIII amount in some way to a denial or severe qualification of the claim that animals move themselves, or are self-movers. And indeed, Aristotle does say that animals do not move themselves κυρίως (259b7). The main question I hope to resolve in ...