Malink honored by Philosopher's Annual

An article by Marko Malink, Associate Professor of Classics and Philosophy, was recently included in the Philosopher's Annual list of the 10 best philosophy articles published in 2017. This is the third article for which Malink has received the honor. His article, "Aristotle on the Principles as Elements," appeared in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (LIII), and the abstract can be found below. 

"In his discussion of the four causes, Aristotle claims that ‘the hypotheses are material causes of the conclusion’ (Physics 2. 3, MetaphysicsΔ‎ 2). This claim has puzzled commentators since antiquity. It is usually taken to mean that the premisses of any deduction are material causes of the conclusion. By contrast, I argue that the claim does not apply to deductions in general but only to scientific demonstrations. For Aristotle, the theorems of a given science are composites consisting of the indemonstrable premisses from which they are demonstrated. Accordingly, these premisses are elements, and hence material causes, of the theorems. In this way, Aristotle’s claim can be shown to be well motivated and illuminating."