Week I (January 15): Introduction: topics and themes in presocratic scientific speculation
Weeks II-IV: The Timaeus
Weeks V-VI: Aristotle's Scientific Method (Posterior Analytics)
Weeks VII-VIII Causes, Explanations, and Teleology (Physics)
Weeks IX-X: Method, Definition, and Teleology in Aristotle's Parts of Animals
Weeks XI-XII: Essence and Gender in Aristotle's Generation of Animals
Weeks XIII-XIV: Explanation, Teleology, and the Cosmos in Aristotle (De Motu Animalium and other works)