# Aristotle on Teleology

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- Book: [Aristotle on Teleology](https://www.bookquiver.com/monte-ransome-johnson/aristotle-on-teleology) ([Aristotle on Teleology.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/monte-ransome-johnson/aristotle-on-teleology.md))
- Authors: [Monte Ransome Johnson](https://www.bookquiver.com/monte-ransome-johnson)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- ISBN: 978-01-9923-850-7
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2008-01-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Aristotle's has been the most influential philosophy in the whole history of science. Monte Johnson examines its most controversial aspect: Aristotle's emphasis on the importance of goals and purposes to scientific understanding - his teleology.