Aristotle was the first in his tradition to articulate the philosophical and practical need to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Consequently, his scientific inquiries into nature are just as much philosophical inquiries into scientific activity. A guiding motivation of my research, then, is to extract the philosophical innovations that come out of these investigations. I am currently advancing this research primarily by way of a comprehensive project on Aristotle’s treatment of his predecessors in De Anima, Physics, and the Metaphysics.

Drafts of the following papers are available upon request:

• Mapping Out the Philosophical Landscape: The Task of De Anima 1.2

• Predication and Progress: How Aristotle Defines the Soul

• Evaluating Explanatory Power in Aristotle’s Metaphysics A