Habitus or the Possibility of Science of the Contingent
Streszczenie
Most of sciences can be traced back to Aristotle. This is because in
opposition to Plato he was able to find a way in which one could give a
scientific form to reflection concerning contingent facts of every-day
life. Knowledge of the contingent was made possible thanks to the
Aristotelian concepts of category and state (habitus). It is the latter
concept that was especially important for forming knowledge about
change. Aristotle and his medieval followers apply it in analyses of
various processes, from local motion to changes in temperaments, to
formation of virtues.
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