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PALPACELLI, Lucia. I diversi approcci metodologici nell'opera fisica di Aristotele. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2009, vol.23, n.45, pp.101-164. ISSN 1982-596X.

In this article we present an outline of Aristotle’s method in his physical and biological works, pointing out the ductile method, typical of ristotle, and the variety of interpretation schemes of the reality, implied by this method. This an important approach in the context of a science, like physics, which offers a very wide range of applications and is defined by ristotle as the science of «what happens always or in most cases» (αεì η ωζ επì τò πολυ Physics, B, 8, 198 b 35). The argumentation is organized as follows: the definition of ristotle's concept of physisand natural science; the outline of physikos' research field, defined as who looks after the form joined to the matter; the gnoseological procedure of multiplying the explanatory schemes of reality, in order to understand it in all of its complexity; the interpretation of this gnoseological approach as the underlying explanation of the methodological variety which characterize ristotle's work; the characterization of the method (or methods) to be applied to the natural science: in fact, in ristotle's physical work it's possible to recognize both the presence and the collaboration of two constant movements, that respond to different goals: 5.1. the analysis of the predecessors’ endoxa, feld  where ristotle works in a dialectic way; 5.2. the procedure that goes from καθόλου al καθ’εκαστα in more articulations that outline, in different contexts, as an inductive method as a deductive method.

Palabras clave : Method; Physis; Endoxa and Empeiria; Multiplicity of the Points of View.

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