Did Aristotle Fail in Physics? Part 3

Premise A: Does an "organismic" world view cause a failure in physics?

Now I’ll finish Premise A. In Part 2, I covered the definitions for “physics” and “world view.” Again, here’s the argument from Part 1:

Premise A—>An organismic world view causes a failure in physics.
Premise B—>Aristotle held an organismic world view.
Therefore, Aristotle failed in physics.

Why Organismic?

According to Fr. Jaki, no world view should be imposed on physics. Let the numbers speak for themselves. What is at question here is specifically how an “organismic” world view thwarts physics. In my mind, this aims at getting underneath the relationship between science, philosophy, and theology, which is why I became interested in Jaki’s work in the first place. If we don’t impose a world view from theology or philosophy onto science, then how do those disciplines intersect? I’ll share my opinion at the end of this study, but first I need to finish reviewing Jaki’s teaching. The organismic question needs context.

Three World Views

In Relevance of Physics, Jaki names “three principal expl…