The purpose of this project was to write a thorough and exhaustive monograph on Aristotle’s treatment of void in Physics IV 6–9, accompanied by a comparison with other Aristotelian texts, such as On the Heavens and On Generation and Corruption.
The project intended to examine in depth the Aristotelian rebuttal of void and demonstrate that his analysis of void brings to light significant aspects of his theory of place and motion. Furthermore, it investigated the theories of void proposed by earlier philosophers (i.e., Atomists and Pythagoreans) and show that Aristotle clarifies these prior conceptions.