dc.contributor.author	Leunissen, Mariska
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-07T19:31:41Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-07T19:31:41Z
dc.date.issued	2011-03-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/3267
dc.description.abstract	It is a commonplace in Aristotelian scholarship that the forms of living beings and the animal species to which they give rise are “fixed.” However, Aristotle’s biological works often stress the flexibility of nature during the development of animals. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to delineate the range of flexibility that Aristotle takes natures to have in the design of animals; and second, to draw out the implications of this for Aristotle’s embryology and theory of natural teleology.
dc.subject	History Of Ancient Philosophy
dc.subject	Aristotle
dc.subject	Aristotle's Biology
dc.subject	Natural Teleology
dc.title	"Crafting Natures": Aristotle on Animal Design
dc.type	article
refterms.dateFOA	2021-09-07T19:31:41Z
dc.description.institution	SUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewed	TRUE
dc.source.status	published
dc.description.publicationtitle	Philosophic Exchange
dc.contributor.organization	University of North Carolina
dc.languate.iso	en_US

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Philosophic Exchange is published by the Center for Philosophic Exchange, at the College at Brockport. The Center for Philosophic Exchange was founded by SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould in 1969 to conduct a continuing program of philosophical inquiry, relating to both academic and public issues. Each year the Center hosts four speakers, and each speaker gives a public lecture that is intended for a general audience. These lectures are then published in this journal.

"Crafting Natures": Aristotle on Animal Design