The purpose of this project is 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 intendes to examine in depth the Aristotelian rebuttal of void and demonstrates that his analysis of void brings to light significant aspects of his theory of place and motion. Furthermore, it investigates the theories of void proposed by earlier philosophers (i.e., Atomists and Pythagoreans) and shows that Aristotle clarifies these prior conceptions.