Syllabus

Texts:

• Aristotle: Selections, trans. and ed. by G. Fine and T. H. Irwin
• The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle, ed. by J. Barnes

0. Introduction

• Companion: Ch. 1

1. Logic

• Prior Analytics
  • Book I, chs. 1, 4
  • Book II, ch. 2
• De Interpretatione, Chapters 1-4, 7
• Companion: Ch. 2

2. Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

• Posterior Analytics:
  • Book I, Chs. 1-10, 13, 22
  • Book II, Chs. 1-2, 8-10, 19
• Topics:
  • Book I, Ch. 5
  Book VI, Ch. 4
• Companion: Ch 4

3. The Theory of Predication

• Categories, Chs. 1-5 (esp. 2, 5)
• Topics: Book I, Ch. 9

4. Natural Philosophy: The Analysis of Change; Matter and Form; The Four Causes

• Physics:
  • Book I, Chs. 1, 5-9 (especially 7-9)
  • Book II, Chs. 1-3, 7-9
  • Book III, Chs. 1-3
• Generation & Corruption, Book I, Chs. 1, 3-5
• Companion: Ch. 5

5. Metaphysics: Being, Substance, and Essence; Matter and Form

• Metaphysics:
  • Book IV, Chs. 1-2
  • Book VII, Chs. 1-17
  • Book VIII, Chs. 1-3, 6
• Companion: Ch.3

6. The Philosophy of Mind

• De Anima:
  • Book I, Ch. 1
  • Book II, Chs. 1-6, 11, 12
  • Book III, Chs. 4-5
• Companion: Ch. 6

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