Aristotle and contemporary science. Vol. I. Papers from the international conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997. With an introduction by Hilary Putnam (Q2718884)

For Vol. II see Zbl 1032.00008.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEContents: Hilary Putnam, Aristotle's mind and the contemporary mind (7-28); Bas C. van Fraassen, The theory of tragedy and of science: does nature have narrative structure? (31-59); Ernan McMullin, Truth and explanatory success in Aristotle (60-71); John P. Anton, Aristotle and the unity of science: its contemporary relevance (72-88); Aryeh Kosman, Saving the phenomena: Aristotle on realism and instrumentalism (89-105), Risto Hilpinen, Aristotelian syllogistic as a foundation of C. S. Peirce's theory of reasoning (109-125); David Martel Johnson, Aristotle's curse of non-existence against ``barbarians'' (126-135); Lambros Couloubaritsis, Can Aristotle contribute to the contemporary debate on the question of time? (139-151); Jarnes Robert Brown, Greek traditions in quantum mechanics (152-172); Basarab Nicolescu, Hylemorphism, quantum physics and levels of reality (173-184); Eftichios Bitsakis, The potential and the real: from Aristotle to modern physics (185-200); Thomas M. Olshewsky, The matter with matter (203-219); Jagdish Hattiangadi, Meditations on substance in Aristotle, Descartes and Bohr (220-236); Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou, What is matter for Aristotle: ``a clothes-horse'' or a dynamic element in nature? (237-263), Ronald de Sousa, What Aristotle did not know about sex and death (267-276); Bibilography (277-296). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEDer Aufsatz von R. Hilpinen untersucht die im Titel angedeuteten Einflüsse von Aristoteles auf C. S. Pierce.