'Croatian Philosophical Society (Hrvatsko filozofsko drustvo)'
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Abstract
Aristotel je istraživanja pomoću empirijske metode interpretirao obimno se koristeći metafizičkim konceptima. Neki autori smatraju da je njegova metafizički intonirana filozofija biologije spojiva s modernom teorijom evolucije te s nekim od bitnih tema ekološke etike. Pokušat ćemo pokazati kako je tumačenje supstancijalne cjeline, pod vidom pojma potencijalnosti, Aristotelov doprinos raspravama ekoetičkog holizma. Nadalje, prikazat ćemo kako Hans Jonas pronalazi i mogućnost vrednovanja individualne organske supstancije u Aristotelovim djelima, a koje nisu samo predstavnici ljudske vrste. Hans Jonas pledira za reviziju moderne teorije evolucije koja bi, združena s nekim Aristotelovim metafizičkim elementima, mogla izbjeći redukcionizam kojemu je bila izložena nakon Descartesa.Aristotle has interpreted research done by empirical methods using metaphysical concepts extensively. According to some authors, his metaphysically intoned philosophy of biology is compatible with the modern theory of evolution and with some of the essential topics of ecological ethics. We will try to show how the interpretation of the substantial whole, under the aspect of the notion of potentiality, is Aristotle’s contribution to the debates of eco-ethical holism. Furthermore, we will show how Hans Jonas also finds the possibility of valuing the individual organic substance in Aristotle’s works, which are not only representatives of the human species. Hans Jonas pleads for a revision of the modern theory of evolution, which, combined with some of Aristotle’s metaphysical elements, could avoid the reductionism to which it was exposed after Descartes
