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7.1. INTRODUCTION: THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF MOTION IN ARISTOTLE'S PHYSICS 7.1. INTRODUCTION: THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS OF MOTION IN ARISTOTLE'S PHYSICS
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7.1.1. The Definitions of Motion 7.1.1. The Definitions of Motion
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7.1.2. The Ontological Perspective: Forma Fluens vs. Fluxus Formae 7.1.2. The Ontological Perspective: Forma Fluens vs. Fluxus Formae
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7.2. ARISTOTLE'S DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT: A CRACK IN THE INTERVAL MODEL OF MOTION (PHYSICS VI.4) 7.2. ARISTOTLE'S DIVISIBILITY ARGUMENT: A CRACK IN THE INTERVAL MODEL OF MOTION (PHYSICS VI.4)
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7.3. PHYSICS V REINTERPRETED: FROM HOMOGENEITY TO HETEROGENEITY 7.3. PHYSICS V REINTERPRETED: FROM HOMOGENEITY TO HETEROGENEITY
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7.4. PHYSICS VI REINTERPRETED: FROM A CONTINUOUS INTERVAL TO A CONTIGUOUS CHAIN 7.4. PHYSICS VI REINTERPRETED: FROM A CONTINUOUS INTERVAL TO A CONTIGUOUS CHAIN
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7.4.1. Averroes' Futile Attempt to Save the Divisibility Argument (Middle Commentary) 7.4.1. Averroes' Futile Attempt to Save the Divisibility Argument (Middle Commentary)
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7.4.2. Averroes' New Interpetation (Long Commentary) 7.4.2. Averroes' New Interpetation (Long Commentary)
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7.5. PHYSICS III REINTEPRETED: FROM DIMENSIONAL ENTITY TO BOUNDARY ENTITY 7.5. PHYSICS III REINTEPRETED: FROM DIMENSIONAL ENTITY TO BOUNDARY ENTITY
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7.6. WHEN DID THE TURNING POINT OCCUR? 7.6. WHEN DID THE TURNING POINT OCCUR?
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7.6.1. Outline of the Three Presentations and Preliminary Conclusions 7.6.1. Outline of the Three Presentations and Preliminary Conclusions
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The Short Commentary The Short Commentary
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The Middle Commentary (Chapter VI.7) The Middle Commentary (Chapter VI.7)
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The Long Commentary (Comment VI.32) The Long Commentary (Comment VI.32)
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7.6.2. The Dating of the Turning Point: Discussion 7.6.2. The Dating of the Turning Point: Discussion
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Arguments for Account II Arguments for Account II
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Objection to Account II Objection to Account II
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Answer to the Objection Answer to the Objection
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Conclusion Conclusion
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APPENDIX 5: THE REVISION OF THE MIDDLE COMMENTARY AND THE ROLE OF ALEXANDER APPENDIX 5: THE REVISION OF THE MIDDLE COMMENTARY AND THE ROLE OF ALEXANDER
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7 The Turning Point of PhysicsVI: The Breakdown of Motion
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Published:June 2009
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Abstract
Aristotle addresses the concept of motion in books III, V, and VI of the underline Physics from different perspectives, and offers three different definitions or construals of this concept. This chapter shows how Averroes reworks all three definitions and in fact tears down completely Aristotle's concept of motion as a continuous entity. The discussion focuses mainly on the divisibility argument of underline Physics VI.4: “everything that changes must be divisible” and on the definition of motion as perfection (underline entelecheia) in Physics III.1. In both contexts Averroes offers an alternative interpretation of motion as a contiguous chain of intermediate motion segments. He introduces a new distinction between final and intermediate termini that leads the way to the conception of motion as forma fluens.
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