亞里士多德空間觀研究

1、華中科技大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文亞里士多德空間觀研究姓名：高偉申請(qǐng)學(xué)位級(jí)別：碩士專業(yè)：科學(xué)技術(shù)哲學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：萬小龍20090519華 中 科 技 大 學(xué) 碩 士 學(xué) 位 論 文 華 中 科 技 大 學(xué) 碩 士 學(xué) 位 論 文 2Abstract The research of basic properties of space is one of the most important questions of physics and phil

2、osophy．From Aristotle's simple concept of space, to Newton's concept of absolute space, and then to Einstein's theory of relative space, is the trilogy of human understanding to space．The natural philosopher

3、in ancient Greece before Aristotle mainly discussed the existence of void．Aristotle's simple concept of space is the first relatively complete theory in the history of space concept, providing a basic concept of spa

4、ce-time for future generations to describe movement, establishing a theoretical foundation to Modern space awareness and classical mechanics, and providing a simple concept of space to the Western world． This complete sy

5、stem made him an unprecedented, unparalleled dominance in more than two thousand years, from the fourth century BC to the seventeenth century AD, even until today． The purpose of this paper is trying to make a complete a

6、nd clear interpretation to Aristotle's concept of space．After carefully reading the original works, I will restore the development Process, the difficulties and solvings of Aristotle's space theory, from the pers

7、pective of history of scientific thought．I analyzed six key issues involved in Aristotle's concept of space in details：the nature of space、independence、limitation、 existence、the structure of universe and the existenc

8、e of void．Aristotle's extensive knowledge and unique research method established the doctrine of his theory of space．However, due to the constraints of science and technology development level, Aristotle's theory

9、 has some limitations from the times．Finally, I give a comprehensive evaluation of the historical significance of the Aristotelian concept of space, and the development process of remaining issues in the physics communit