On Location Aristotle's Concept of Place [Hardcover]

This is the first book devoted to a highly significant doctrine in the history of philosophy and science--Aristotle's account of place in the Physics. Morison presents an authoritative analysis and defense of this account of what it is for something to be somewhere, and demonstrates its enduring philosophical interest and value.

Introduction
1. Places, Natural Places, and the Power of Place
2. Being In
3. Zeno's Paradox of Place
4. Three Possibilities for Place: Matter, Form, and Space
5. Aristotle's Concept of Place
Bibliography, Index

This book is very readable and clearly presented. ... Anyone interested in Aristotle, the history of philosophy and science, or ancient philosophy will want to read this refreshingly positive and philosophically interesting account of the seemingly ordinary yet very complex notion of place. --TheReview of Metaphysics

Ben Morison is a Lecturer in Philosophy at The Queen's College, Oxford.