Jean De Groot

My current research focuses on the influence of ancient mechanics on the natural philosophy of Aristotle. Relevant publications:

· “Dunamis and the Science of Mechanics: Aristotle on Animal Motion.” Forthcoming in Journal of the History of Philosophy, January 2008. Abstract · “A Husserlian Perspective on Empirical Mathematics in Aristotle.” Forthcoming in Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 80 (2006): 91-100. · “Aspects of Aristotelian Statics in Galileo’s Dynamics.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 31, no. 4 (2000): 645-64. Abstract

· “Eudoxan Astronomy and Aristotelian Holism in the Physics.” In Text and Context in Ancient and Medieval Science: Studies on the Occasion of John E. Murdoch’s Seventieth Birthday, ed. Edith Sylla and Michael McVaugh. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997, pp. 1-22. · Work in progress on this topic: Aristotle on Weight in De Caelo Mechanics and Mathematical Science in Aristotle

My current research also includes work in progress on the natural teleological basis for natural law:

· “Teleology and Evidence: Reasoning about Human Nature,” under review.

My Ph.D. dissertation research concerned philosophical accounts of the propagation of light and the mathematical character of optics. Publications on this topic:

· Aristotle and Philoponus on Light. New York: Garland Press, 1991.

· “Philoponus on De Anima II.5, Physics III.3, and the Propagation of Light.” Phronesis 28, no.2 (1983): 177‑96.

· “Philoponus on Separating the Three‑dimensional in Optics.” in Nature and Scientific Method: Essays in Honor of William A. Wallace, ed. by Daniel Dahlstrom (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1991): 157‑74

Publication List

Jean De Groot

June, 2007

Books

Nature in American Philosophy (ed.). Catholic University of America Press, 2004.

Aristotle and Philoponus on Light. New York: Garland Publishing Col, 1991.

Articles

“Is Aristotelian Science Possible? A Commentary on MacIntyre and McMullin.” Review of Metaphysics 60, no.3 (December, 2006): 463-77.

“A Husserlian Perspective on Empirical Mathematics in Aristotle.” Forthcoming in Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 80 (2006): 91-100.

“Dunamis and the Science of Mechanics: Aristotle on Animal Motion.” Forthcoming in Journal of the History of Philosophy, January, 2008.

“Teleology and Evidence: Reasoning about Human Nature.” Under review as book chapter in Natural Law and Contemporary Society. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.

“Woman in the Divine Economy: From the Church Fathers to Escrivá.” Romana (July-December 2004 [published 2005]).

La donna nell'economia divina: dai Padri della Chiesa a san Josemaría Escriva. Romana (Edizione in lingua italiana).

La mujer en la economía divina: de los Padres de la Iglesia a San Josemaría. Romana (Edicion en lengua castellana).

“Chauncey Wright.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Plato.Stanford.edu. (July 2, 2004), http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wright/.

“Homegrown Positivism: Charles Darwin and Chauncey Wright.” in Nature in American Philosophy, ed. by J. De Groot. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2004, 53-71.

“Introduction.” In Nature in American Philosophy, ed. by J. De Groot. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2004, vii-xx.

“Aspects of Aristotelian Statics in Galileo’s Dynamics.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 31, no. 4 (2000): 645-64.

“The Status and Significance of Aristotle’s Definition of Nature.” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 73 (1999): 99-107.

“Eudoxan Astronomy and Aristotelian Holism in the Physics.” In Text and Context in Ancient and Medieval Science: Studies on the Occasion of John E. Murdoch’s Seventieth Birthday, ed. Edith Sylla and Michael McVaugh. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997, pp. 1-22.

“Teresa of Avila and the Meaning of Mystical Theology.” In Hispanic Philosophy in the Age of Discovery, ed. by Kevin White. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1996, pp. 145-59.

“Form and Succession in Aristotle's Physics.” Boston Studies in Ancient Philosophy, vol. 10, ed. by John Cleary. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1996, pp. 1-23.

“Aristotle.” Encyclopedia of Time, ed. Samuel L. Macey. New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1994.

“Philoponus on Separating the Three‑dimensional in Optics.” in Nature and Scientific Method: Essays in Honor of William A. Wallace, ed. by Daniel Dahlstrom. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1991, pp. 157‑74.

“On the Surprising in Science and Logic.” Review of Metaphysics 40, no. 4 (June, 1987): 631‑655.

“Philoponus on De Anima II.5, Physics III.3, and the Propagation of Light.” Phronesis 28, no.2 (1983): 177‑96.