Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two)

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content, including a supporter-exclusive Closereads/part 3 drilling into the argument against Platonic forms in Aristotle's Metaphysics. Listen to a preview. Continuing on Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1. We get seriously into Aristotle's four types of causation and how previous philosophers in leaving out one or most of these made a mistake. This includes a critique of Platonic forms, which as eternal, unchanging patterns can't actually explain why change occurs in the world. The post Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.