Title: Aristotle’s elements and a problem for change Speaker: Mary Krizan (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Philosophy) Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 1700-1830 Zoom:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86040489541?pwd=aFdzblRWdFFVbHUzQk93MGlCQ3hPQT09 Meeting ID: 860 4048 9541 Passcode: 176506 Abstract:  Aristotle’s theory of material elements, as described in On Generation and Corruption II.1-4, points toward a serious issue for his theory of matter and change: in support of his ontology of things, they must be able to change into one another, but such changes are not readily explicable by the mechanisms of […]

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