PHI 340 Aristotle Stephen Makin Autumn Semester 2013-2014 Course Information Reading Essay topics
2 Contents Plagiarism and unfair means p.3 Course Information p.5 Timetable p.6 Course outline p.6 Course Text p7 Translations of Aristotle p.7 Introductory Reading p.9 Reading p.10 Library Resources p.11 E-offprint Pack p.12 Articles in electronic form p.13 Collections and Anthologies p.16 Some further reading p.16 Assessment p.19 Essay/Exam with Essay Topics p.20 Long Essay p.23
3 Plagiarism and unfair means It is extremely important that you are aware of what counts as Unfair Means (Plagiarism) in assessed work, and that you are aware of the serious consequences of using unfair means in your work. The University and Department take a strong stand against plagiarism, since we believe that it is unfair and disadvantages honest students (the overwhelming majority). The following four examples of unfair means are serious academic offences and may result in penalties that could have a lasting effect on your career, both at University and beyond. Plagiarism (either intentional or unintentional) is the stealing of ideas or work of another person (including experts and fellow or former students) and is considered dishonest and unprofessional. Plagiarism may take the form of cutting and pasting, taking or closely paraphrasing ideas, passages, sections, sentences, paragraphs, drawings, graphs and other graphical material from books, articles, internet sites or any other source and submitting them for assessment without appropriate acknowledgement Submitting bought or commissioned work (for example from internet sites, essay banks or mills ) is an extremely serious form of plagiarism. This may take the form of buying or commissioning either the whole assignment or part of it and implies a clear intention to deceive the examiners. The University also takes an extremely serious view of any student who sells, offers to sell, or passes on their own assignments to other students. Double submission (or self plagiarism) is resubmitting previously submitted work on one or more occasions (without proper acknowledgement). This may take the form of copying either the whole assignment or part of it. Normally credit will already have been given for this work. Collusion is where two or more people work together to produce a piece of work, all or part of which is then submitted by each of them as their own individual work. This includes passing on work in any format to another student. Collusion does not occur where students involved in group work are encouraged to work together to produce a single piece of work as part of the assessment process. In any essay or exam answer submitted for assessment, all passages taken from other people's work, either word for word, or with small changes, must be placed within quotation marks, with specific reference to author, title and page. No excuse can be accepted for any failure to do so, nor will inclusion of the source in a bibliography be considered an adequate acknowledgement. If the marker decides that plagiarism has occurred, it becomes a matter of report to a University Committee. The student may be judged to have failed the essay and/or exam and/or module (depending on the degree of severity). The plagiarism will also be recorded on the student's record.
4 The use of handouts There has in the past been some scope for confusion on this issue, since many staff offer the advice that ideas deriving from the lecturer do not need to be cited when used. But the department has agreed that a distinction needs to be drawn between use of ideas or arguments expounded in lectures, on the one hand (which is legitimate without citation), and verbatim or near-verbatim reproduction of material from lecture handouts or lecture notes/transcripts, on the other hand (which is not). Any essay that is judged to rely too heavily on course handouts even when it is considered to fall short of plagiarism will be penalised. A University tutorial on what counts as plagiarism and how to avoid it is available here https://librarydevelopment.group.shef.ac.uk/shef-only/info_skills/plagiarism.html If you are in any doubt about what counts as fair and unfair use of other people's work, ask your tutor or lecturer for advice.
5 Course Information
6 Timetable There will be two lectures each week at the following times Wednesday 1.00-1.50 Hicks LT B Friday 11.00-11.50 Hicks LT B Please note that all lectures start on the hour, and finish at ten minutes to the hour From week 3 onwards there will also be a weekly discussion class, with two alternate hours booked for discussion. Details of discussion classes will be given once registration for the module has stabilized. The two alternate discussion slots are Friday 12.00-12.50 Hicks SR F 30 Friday 1.00-1.50 Hicks SR F 41 Writing week: Week 7 of the Autumn Semester (11-15 November 2013) is a reading week. There will be no lectures or discussion seminars in the department that week. Office Hours: My office hours for Spring semester are Mondays 12.00-2.00. I am often available at other times also. If you want to arrange a meeting your best plan is to send an email, and I will reply quickly. Course Outline This module will examine some major themes in Aristotle s metaphysics. There will be an introduction to, and a sustained discussion of, such central Aristotelian notions as nature, form, matter, substance, actuality and potentiality. Students will read selected material extracted from a range of Aristotelian works: Categories; Physics books 1, 2 and 3; Generation and Corruption books 1, 2; de Anima (On the Soul) book 2; Metaphysics books Δ, Z, H and Θ. The aim of the module is to encourage students to read important yet difficult Aristotelian texts, to engage critically with the ideas and arguments contained therein, and to provide some appreciation of Aristotle s place in the ancient philosophical world and his contribution to contemporary metaphysical debate.
7 Course Text There will be a photocopied Text Pack for the course containing the following Aristotelian material Categories chapters 1-5 Physics Book I chapters 7-9 Book II chapters 1-3, 7 Book III chapters 1-3 Generation and Corruption Book I chapters 3-4, 7, 10 Book II chapters 1-4, 7 de Anima (On the Soul) Book II chapter 5 Metaphysics Book V (Δ) chapters 7-8 Book VII (Z) chapters 1-3, 7-9, 12, 17 Book VII (H) chapter 6 Book IX (Θ) chapters 1-2, 5-7 Translations of Aristotle The Revised Oxford Translation (ROT) The best and most easily accessible edition of the Complete Works of Aristotle in translation is Barnes J Ross W.D The Complete Works of Aristotle: the Revised Oxford Translation (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1984). This is a two volume revision by Jonathan Barnes of the various translations in the earlier (1908-1954) twelve volume Oxford Complete Works, which was edited by W.D.Ross. Barnes explains in the preface to Volume 1 the sort of revisions which have been undertaken. The translations in the Text Pack will all be taken from Barnes ROT. In addition the University Library has an electronic (and searchable) version of this translation (as part of the PastMasters ecollection): you can access the complete Past Masters ecollection via the Library at http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/pastmasters.html
8 The Clarendon Aristotle Series In addition to the ROT Complete Works above, there are separate translations (with commentaries) of a number of the texts we will discuss in the ongoing series of translations of and commentaries on Aristotelian texts published by Oxford University Press in their Clarendon Aristotle Series Categories Physics I, II Physics III, IV Generation and Corruption de Anima Metaphysics Γ,Δ, Ε Metaphysics Z, H Metaphysics Θ (with de Interpretatione, translation and commentary John Ackrill) translation and commentary William Charlton translation and commentary Edward Hussey translation and commentary Christopher Williams translation and commentary David Hamlyn translation and commentary Christopher Kirwan translation and commentary David Bostock translation and commentary Stephen Makin These volumes are helpful for more detailed comment on particular passages. But students might find the lack of consistency in translation across different books of the Metaphysics confusing. Further alternatives There is a wide variety of other translations available of one or more of the texts we will be studying. Students are advised however to make use of the ROT if possible. Variation in translation can be confusing, and students will not be in a position to compare the merits of different translations. The Bekker numbers There is a standard way of referencing Aristotle s works. The Bekker numbering gives a unique reference for every Aristotelian sentence, based on the page, column and line numbering in a 19th century edition of Aristotle s works edited by Immanuel Bekker. These numbers will be printed in the margin of any scholarly translation of Aristotle. The Physics for example starts at 184a10; Metaphysics book H runs from 1042a3 to 1045b24. You should avoid any translation of Aristotle which does not include the Bekker numbering; absence of the Bekker numbers will make it practically impossible to refer to and to locate particular passages.
9 Introductory Reading There are two sorts of introduction which you might find useful before starting a module on Aristotle s metaphysics. One aims to provide a general introduction to Aristotle s philosophy as a whole. If you are going to find time to read one of these, then you probably want to pick a short one. A good short choice is Barnes J Aristotle (Past Masters Series: Oxford University Press, 1981): Other reliable introductions include Ackrill J.L Aristotle the Philosopher (Oxford University Press, 1981) Allen D.J The Philosophy of Aristotle (Oxford University Press, 1952) Guthrie W A History of Greek Philosophy Vol.6: An Encounter with Aristotle (Cambridge University Press, 1981) Lear J Aristotle: the Desire to Understand (Cambridge University Press, 1988) Lloyd G.E.R Aristotle: the Growth and Structure of his Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1968) Ross W.D Aristotle (Methuen, London, 5th Edition 1949) Shields C Aristotle (Routledge 2007) The second type of introduction which you might want, and which will probably be more useful to you, is an introduction to Aristotle s metaphysics in particular (for this module you won t need to know, for example, about Aristotle s logic, ethics, political philosophy, or aesthetics, which would usually be covered in a general introduction to Aristotle s philosophy). Any general introduction to Aristotle s philosophy (either the books mentioned above, or an encyclopedia article) will include a chapter or section on Aristotle s metaphysics; and you could limit your introductory reading to those chapters/sections. There is also an excellent section on Aristotle s metaphysics by Jonathan Barnes in Barnes J The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and there is a copy of this is the E-offprint pack for the module. There are also a number of useful entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/) and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (available electronically via the University Library). See in particular Terry Irwin s entry on Aristotle in the Routledge Encyclopedia, and the following from the Stanford Encyclopedia Aristotle s Categories (Paul Studtman) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-categories/ Aristotle on Causality (Andrea Falcon) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-causality/ Aristotle s Metaphysics (S. Marc Cohen) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-metaphysics/ Aristotle s Natural Philosophy (Istvan Bodnar) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-natphil/ Aristotle s Biology (James Lennox) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-biology/
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11 Library Resources The Library has considerable electronic resources. For a general overview of the Library s eresources see http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/intro/ For a summary of the Philosophy resources available via the Library and online see http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/subjects/subphil.html You will find the following particularly useful The PastMasters ecollection (including the Complete Works of Aristotle) http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/pastmasters.html The Library StarPlus catalogue and the FindIt@Sheffield system which gives you access to the Library s ejournals are available via MUSE http://find.shef.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=137994 1007456&vid=SFD_VU2&fromLogin=true The Philosophy Department website also has a resources page http://www.shef.ac.uk/philosophy/resources/additional_links.html This gives a link detailing philosophers who have posted online papers, which includes a section on ancient philosophy http://consc.net/people.html The Library also holds a wide range of printed material. If you are wanting to borrow books for this module, please note that the Library runs a variable loan status system. The loan period for a book becomes shorter whenever an item has multiple reservations, but revert back to standard loan when the level of demand falls. So, if there are books relevant to this module which you want to borrow from the library, make sure to reserve them if they are on loan. The Library will continue to provide reference only copies of key texts as appropriate For full details of the Library s borrowing arrangements see http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/lending.html You may find it helpful, for easy and repeated access, to collect all these links in a bookmark folder in your web browser.
12 E-offprint pack There is an electronic coursepack for this module containing the essential reading. You can access this via the reading list on the module MOLE site The E-offprint pack contains the following items Jonathan Barnes W.D.Ross J.L.Ackrill Michael Frede William Charlton Sarah Waterlow Sean Kelsey Jonathan Lear Metaphysics from The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle ed. Jonathan Barnes (Cambridge University Press, 1995) pp.66-108 Aristotle (Methuen, London, 5th edition 1949) pp.154-186 Aristotle s Categories and De Interpretatione (Clarendon Aristotle Series: Oxford University Press, 1963) pp.71-91 Categories in Aristotle in Michael Frede, Essays In Ancient Philosophy (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987) pp.29-48 Aristotle s Physics Books I and II with note on recent work and revised bibliography (Clarendon Aristotle Series: Oxford University Press, 1992) pp.70-87 Nature, Change and Agency in Aristotle s Physics (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982) chapter 1 pp. 1-47 Aristotle s Definition Of Nature Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 25 (2003) 59-87 Aristotle: The Desire to Understand (Cambridge University Press, 1988) Chapter 2 pp.15-54 Anna Marmodoro The Union of Cause and Effect in Aristotle: Physics 3.3 Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 32 (2007) pp.205-232 C.J.F.Williams Richard Sorabji Kit Fine Alan Code Christopher Shields Aristotle s De Generatione et Corruptione (Clarendon Aristotle Series: Oxford University Press, 1982) pp.142-163 Matter, Space and Motion (Duckworth, London, 1988) Chapter 5 pp.60-78 The Problem of Mixture in Form, Matter and Mixture in Aristotle (Blackwell, Oxford, 1997) eds F.Lewis and R.Bolton pp.82-182 Potentiality in Aristotle s Science and Metaphysics Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 76 (1995) pp.405-418 Aristotle (Routledge 2007) Chapter 6, pp.232-269 with notes at pp.436-438
13 Michael Frede Cynthia Freeland M.L.Gill Michael Frede J.L.Ackrill Terry Penner Substance in Aristotle s Metaphysics in Aristotle on Nature and Living Things ed. Allan Gotthelf (Mathesis, Pittsburgh, 1985) pp.17-26 Aristotle on Bodies, Matter and Potentiality in Philosophical Issues in Aristotle s Biology eds. Allan Gotthelf and James Lennox (Cambridge University Press, 1987) pp.392-407 Aristotle on Substance (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1989) chapter 5 pp.145-170 Aristotle s Notion of Potentiality in Metaphysics Ө from Unity, Identity and Explanation in Aristotle s Metaphysics eds. T.Scaltsas, D.Charles, M.L.Gill (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994) pp.173-193. 'Aristotle's Distinction between Energeia and Kinesis from New Essays on Plato and Aristotle ed R.Bambrough (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1965) pp.121-141 Verbs and the Identity of Actions A Philosophical Exercise in the Interpretation of Aristotle from Ryle: A Collection of Critical Essays eds. O.P.Wood, G.Pitcher (MacMillan, London, 1970) pp.393-453 Articles in electronic form The following articles are available electronically via the Library s FindIt@Sheffield system, which is accessible via MUSE http://find.shef.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=137994 1007456&vid=SFD_VU2&fromLogin=true Beere J Potentiality and the Matter of Composite Substance Phronesis 51 (2006) 303-329 Bogaard P Heaps or Wholes: Aristotle s Explanation of Compound Bodies Isis 70 (1979) 11-29 Bogen J Moravcsik on Explanation Synthese 28 (1974) 19-25 Broadie S Problems of Aristotle s Concept of Form Journal of Philosophy 84 (1987) 679-681 Burnyeat M De Anima II.5 Phronesis 47 (2002) 28-90
14 Chappell V Matter Journal of Philosophy 70 (1973) 679-696 Code A The Persistence of Aristotelian Matter Philosopical Studies 29 (1976) 357-367 Code A Monty Furth s Aristotle: 10 Years Later Philosophical Studies 94 (1999) 69-80 Cohen S Aristotle s Doctrine of the Material Substrate Philosophical Review 93 (1984) 171-194 Dancy R On Some of Aristotle s First Thoughts about Substances Philosophical Review 84 (1975) 338-373 Dancy R On Some of Aristotle s Second Thoughts about Substances: Matter Philosophical Review 87 (1978) 372-413 Fine K Mixing Matters Ratio 11 (1998) 277-288 Franklin J Aristotle on Species Variation Philosophy 61 (1986) 245-252 Franklin J Species in Aristotle Philosophy 64 (1989) 107-108 Gill M Aristotle's Theory of Causal Action in Physics III 3 Phronesis 25 (1980) 129-147 Gill M Matter Against Substance Synthese 96 (1993) 379-397 Gill M Aristotle s Metaphysics Reconsidered Journal of the History of Philosophy 43 (2005) 223-251 Granger H The Scala Naturae and the Continuity of Kinds Phronesis 30 (1985) 181-200 Granger H Aristotle and the Finitude of Natural Kinds Philosophy 62 (1987) 523-526 Halper E A Solution to the Problem of Sensible Substance Journal of Philosophy 84 (1987) 666-672 Harte V Aristotle Metaphysics H6: A Dialogue with Platonism Phronesis 41 (1996) 276-304 Heinaman R Knowledge of Substance in Aristotle The Journal of Hellenic Studies 101 (1981) 63-77 Jones B Aristotle s Introduction of Matter Philosophical Review 83 (1974) 474-500
15 Kosman L.A Aristotelian Metaphysics and Biology: Furth s Substance, Form and Pysche Philosophical Studies 94 (1999) 57-68 Lear J Aristotle s Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophical Review 91 (1982) 161-192 Lloyd A.C. Review: Aristotle s Categories Today Philosophical Quarterly 16 (1966) 258-267 Loux M.J Form, Species and Predication in Metaphysics Z, H and Θ Mind 88 (1979) 1-23 Moravcsik J. Aristotle on Adequate Explanations Synthese 28 (1974) 3-17 Mourelatos A Aristotle s Rationalist Account of Qualitative Interaction Phronesis 29 (1984) 1-16 Novak M Novak M A Key to Aristotle s Substance Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 24 (1963) 1-19 Towards Understanding Aristotle s Categories Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 26 (1965) 117-123 Sharvy R Aristotle on Mixtures The Journal of Philosophy 80 (1983) 439-457 Sokolowski R Matter, Elements and Substance in Aristotle Journal of the History of Philosophy 8 (1970) 263-288 Wardy R The Mysterious Aristotelian Olive Science in Context 18 (2005) 69-91 Wedin M.V Nonsubstantial Individuals Phronesis 38 (1993) 137-165 Witt C Hylomorphism in Aristotle Journal of Philosophy 84 (1987) 673-679 Wood R Weisberg M Interpreting Aristotle on mixture: problems about elemental composition from Philoponus to Cooper", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 35 (2004) 681-706.
16 Collections and Anthologies Barnes J Schofield M Sorabji R Articles on Aristotle Volume 1 Science (Duckworth, London, 1975) hereafter [Barnes etc 1975] Articles on Aristotle Volume 3 Metaphysics (Duckworth, London, 1979); hereafter [Barnes etc 1979] Frede M Essays in Ancient Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 1987); hereafter [Frede 1987] Frede M Charles D Aristotle s Metaphysics Lambda (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2000); hereafter [Frede/Charles 2000] Gotthelf A Lennox J.G Philosophical Issues in Aristotle s Biology (Cambridge University Press, 1987); herafter [Gotthelf/Lennox 1987] Judson L Aristotle's Physics: A Collection of Essays (Clarendon, Oxford, 1991): hereafter [Judson 1991] Moravcsik J Aristotle: A Collection of Critical Essays (Macmillan, London, 1968); herafter [Moravcsik 1968] Nussbaum M Rorty A Essays on Aristotle's de Anima (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992); hereafter [Nussbaum/Rorty 1992] Scaltsas T Charles D Gill M Unity, Identity and Explanation in Aristotle s Metaphysics (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994); hereafter [Scaltsas/Charles/Gill 1994] Schofield M Nussbaum M Language and Logos: Studies in Ancient Greek Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 1982); hereafter [Schofield/Nussbaum 1982] Some Further Reading Anscombe G.E.M The Principle of Individuation in Anscombe Collected Papers Volume 1: From Parmenides to Wittgenstein (Basil Blackwell, Oxford,
17 1981) 57-65; also in [Barnes etc 1979] 88-95; originally Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 27 (1953) 83-96. Anscombe G.E.M Geach P.T. Three Philosophers: Aristotle, Aquinas, Frege (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1973); pp.5-63 Anscombe on Aristotle. Bolton R Aristotle s Method in Natural Science [Judson 1991] 1-29 Bostock D Aristotle on the Principles of Change in Physics I [Schofield/Nussbaum 1982] 179-196; included in Bostock 2006 Bostock D Aristotle on the Transmutation of the Elements in GC I: 1 4, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, (1995) 13: 217 29; included in Bostock 2006 Bostock D Aristotle s Theory of Matter included in Bostock 2006 Bostock D Space, Time, Matter and Form (Oxford University Press, 2006) Burnyeat M 'Is An Aristotelian Philosophy of Mind Still Credible' Nussbaum/Rorty 1992] 15-26 Burnyeat M A Map of Metaphysics Zeta (Mathesis, Pittsburgh, 2001) Charlton W 'Aristotelian Powers' Phronesis 32 (1987) 277-289 Cohen S.Marc 'Hylomorphism and Functionalism' [Nussbaum/Rorty 1992] 57-73 Gill M Aristotle on Substance (Princeton University Press, 1989) Hamlyn D.W Focal Meaning Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 98 (1977/78) 1-18 Hankinson R. Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought (Oxford University Press, 1998) Chapters 4,5 Haslanger S Parts, Compounds and Substantial Unity [Scaltsas/Charles/Gill 1994] 129-170 Hocutt M Aristotle s Four Becauses Philosophy 49 (1974) 385-399 Irwin T.H Homonymy in Aristotle Review of Metaphysics 34 (1981) 523-544 Mansion S The Ontological Composition of Sensible Substances [Barnes etc 1979] 80-87 Moravcsik J Aristotle on Adequate Explanations Synthese 28 (1974) 3-17 What Makes Reality Intelligible: Reflections on Aristotle s Theory of
18 Aitia [Judson 1991] 31-48 Nussbaum M Saving Aristotle s Appearances [Schofield/Nussbaum 1982] 267-294 Owen G.E.L Logic and Metaphysics in Some Earlier Works of Aristotle in Owen Logic, Science and Dialectic (Duckworth, London, 1986); also in [Barnes etc 1979] 13-32 'Aristotle: Method, Physics and Cosmology' in Owen Logic Science and Dialectic (Duckworth, London, 1986) 151-164 Smith R Aristotle on the Uses of Dialectic Synthese 96 (1993) 335-358 Solmsen F Wieland W Aristotle's System of the Physical World (Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 1960) Aristotle s Physics and the Problem of Inquiry into Principles [Barnes etc 1975] 127-140 Williams B 'Hylomorphism' Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 4 (1986) 191-99
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20 I: Essay and (pre-released) exam The standard method of assessment for this module a single essay (3000-4000 words) and a two hour/two question examination at a time to be fixed in weeks 13-15. The exam questions will be pre-released The single essay of 3000-4000 word is assessed anonymously. Since the essay counts for 50% of the module mark, you are strongly advised to submit a preliminary draft of the essay to me. This will then be the subject of an advisory tutorial, and may also be returned (if time allows) with written comments. I will publish available tutorial times later in the semester. The essay is due in by 4.00 on Thursday 12th December 2013 ( = Thursday of week 11) Essay topics: choose one from the following 1. Aristotle Categories 1-5 Read carefully through Aristotle s Categories chapters 1-5. Then write as thorough a commentary as you can on Categories chapter 5. You should aim to explain the text (terminology, arguments etc) as clearly as you can to someone who finds it hard to understand. For a model commentary on Aristotle s Categories see the extract from Ackrill in the E-offprint pack Textpack Aristotle Categories 1-5 E-offprint pack Barnes Metaphysics Ackrill Aristotle s Categories and de Interpretatione pp.71-91 Electronic Articles Dancy 1975 Heinaman 1981 Lloyd 1966 Novak 1965 Wedin 1993
21 2. Existential and non-existential change. Does Aristotle succeed in differentiating existential change ( coming to be without qualification ) and non-existential change (alteration, coming to be so-and-so )? Textpack Aristotle Physics 1.7-9; Generation and Corruption 1.3-4 E-offprint pack Barnes Metaphysics Charlton Aristotle s Physics Books I and II pp.70-87 Electronic articles Broadie 1987 Code 1976 Jones 1974 Lear 1982 Additional Reading Bostock 2006 chapters 2 and 3 3. Nature Does Aristotle s account of what it is to have a nature provide a clear way of distinguishing the natural and the non-natural? Textpack Aristotle Physics 2.1-2 E-offprint pack Waterlow Nature, Change and Agency in Aristotle s Physics chapter 1 pp.1-47 Kelsey Aristotle s Definition of Nature Lear Aristotle: The Desire to Understand pp.15-26 Electronic articles Wardy 2005 4. Agency Hence there is a single actuality of both [mover and moved] alike, just as one to two and two to one are the same interval, and the steep ascent and the steep descent are one for these are one and the same, although their definitions are not one. So it is with the mover and the moved. Aristotle Physics 3.3, 202a18-21
22 Explain as clearly as you can, and by reference to the rest of Physics 3.3, what Aristotle means in this passage Textpack Aristotle Physics 3.1-3 Coursepack Lear Aristotle: The Desire To Understand pp.26-54 Marmodoro The Union of Cause and Effect in Aristotle: Physics 3.3 Electronic articles Burnyeat 2002 Gill 1980 5. Combination (Mixis) The world turns out to have an atomic structure. But does what Aristotle says about combination (mixis) provide a logically coherent account of how, in a non-atomistic world, complex stuffs nevertheless could have been made out of simpler stuffs. Textpack Aristotle Generation and Corruption 1.10, 2.1-4 E-offprint pack Williams Aristotle s De Generatione et Corruptione pp.142-163 Sorabji Matter, Space and Motion chapter 5 Fine The Problem of Mixture Code Potentiality in Aristotle s Science and Metaphysics Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 76 (1995) 405-418 Electronic articles Bogaard 1979 Fine 1998 Mourelatos 1984 Sharvy 1983 Sokolowski 1970 Wood, Weisberg 2004
23 II: Long Essay You can instead opt to be assessed entirely by a single long essay (4500-6000) If you want to be assessed by long essay you need to submit a long essay plan This should cover no more than one side of A4, giving a proposed title and a rough outline of the material to be covered). This plan needs to be approved/signed by the module lecturer, and given in by the student to the Departmental Office by Wednesday 20th November 2013 (= Wednesday of week 8) in order that the module be assessed by long essay. You would be very well advised to consult with me when thinking about your long essay plan, some time before the end of week 7, either in my Office Hours or by arrangement The long essay submission deadline is important Students who submit long essays without having their outline signed by the course lecturer by the week 8 deadline will be subject to a 15-point penalty. Notification of Withdrawal If for any reason you regret opting for assessment by long essay you can change your mind, and return to the standard shorter-essay-plus-exam method of assessment so long as you do so by the short-essay submission deadline for the module (4.00 on Thursday 12th December 2013 ( = Thursday of week 11) and notify the Departmental Office that you are no longer being assessed by Long Essay for this module Advisory tutorials You should attend a one hour with me towards the end of the semester in order to discuss a draft of your essay. The advice offered in this essay tutorials can have a very significant (positive) impact on the mark attained; and the practice of producing a draft before submission should also benefit your final essay. You are strongly urged to make use of this essay tutorial. Submission deadline The deadline for submission of long essays is 4.00 on Wednesday 29th January 2014 (= Wednesday of week 14 = Wednesday of the second week of the examining period). Penalties for late submission are the same as for coursework essays. Format Each long essay should be between 4500 and 6000 words in length (inclusive of notes but exclusive of bibliography). Under-length essays may be assigned zero and returned to the student to be resubmitted for a maximum mark of 40. Markers will cease reading over length essays at the point at which they judge the essay to exceed
24 the word limit. Long essays must be typed, double spaced, with margins on each side of at least an inch. All long essays must be accompanied by an accurate word count. Essays of this length are considerably more difficult to structure and organize than are standard-length coursework essays. You should consider using sections and section headings. And you should ensure that the essay pursues an overall strategy which is clear, well thought out and well signposted.