Aristotle on Nature

Great chain of existence Most of the concepts of early modern biology essence arises from the work of Aristotle. Aristotle wrote the concept of different types of creatures that can be distinguished from all other creatures. Aristotle not only is interested in the biological world, it also tries to establish the theory of the whole world. As part of this theory, he believes that all nature can be seen as a continuum of inanimate objects.

In Aristotle's terminology, "natural philosophy" is a field of philosophy to study natural phenomena, including fields of physics, biology, and other natural sciences today. Aristotle's work includes almost all aspects of knowledge exploration. Aristotle expands philosophy and reasoning in a broad sense and it is also referred to as "science". But please note that his usage of the term science is different from the term "scientific method". For Aristotle, "All science (Diana) is practical, poetic or theoretical" (Metaphysics 1025 b 25). His hands-on science includes ethics and politics; his poems mean studies of art, including poetry; his theoretical science covers physics, mathematics and metaphysics.

Aristotle is believed to be the first systematic paper on the nature of Western traditional scientific exploration, including observations and inferences about nature. In previous post hoc analysis, Aristotle first reflected the goal, then the method of natural exploration. Many functions are found and the majority of their functions are still considered essential to science. For Aristotle, the aim is not just to record facts, but empirical rules, careful observation (but passive observation rather than control experiment) is the starting point. For Aristotle, science (epistêmê) is an appropriately placed knowledge or learning system, an empirical fact, but their ordering and presentation are essential. To discover that the classification of facts and the purpose of labeling determine partly the methods necessary for a successful scientific investigation.