THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE IN ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS
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2021
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This study aims to investigate change (kinesis) as it is handled by Aristotle inPhysics. With this aim, it analyzes the basic concepts which constitute the ground ofthis definition. In Physics, Aristotle starts with what is prior to us and moves toprinciples and causes. Thus, first, he elaborates on the things which are subject tochange and he introduces the idea of categories. Substance (ousia) as the firstcategory is what underlies the change. Other categories are the properties that areapplied to substance. Then he claims that the thing which underlies change functionsas matter (hypokeimenon) and the property which is predicated of substance at theend of change functions as form (eidos). Thus, change is described as having a form ofa matter. In other words, in change, the matter is determined by the form. But thisdetermination can only be possible if the matter has the capacity to be determined ina specific way. It is called potential. When the form determines the matter, itspotential is actualized. In Physics Book III, Aristotle defines change as theactualization (energeia) of a potential (dynamei). Some scholars argue that in thedefinition “actualization” refers to a process while others argue that it refers tohaving an end. In this study, considering Aristotle’s examples of actuality andpotentiality, it is claimed that change involves both.
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