Here is a question about Aristotle's metaphysics.

We all know now that despite Aristotle's great learning and insight, his Physics is thoroughly outmoded. Such ideas as objects 'wanting' to be nearer the earth, objects of different masses falling at different speeds, and objects requiring continued energy to keep moving, are often given as text-book examples of the misconceptions that the ancients had about relatively straightforward questions.

Now in the case of physics, it is fairly easy to correct such errors by the experimental method and verification of the results, which in the subject of physical masses is very straightforward (up to a point, anyway). Among Galileo's achievements were the proofs that many of the basic assumptions of Aristotle's physics were incorrect.

So I have often wondered if it might be the case that Aristotle's metaphysics might also contain elementary errors which are analogous to those found in his Physics?

I am interested because, on the whole, metaphysics has been relegated to academic study in the modern world, which has left many gaps, in my opinion, in modern thinking. There are many concepts in Aristotle which may still be directly relevant to the modern outlook - I am thinking especially of the related ideas of telos and entelechy in the biological sciences. I have also noticed that contemporary Thomist philosophers such as Gilson and Maritain have a depth of thought in metaphysical thinking which is found practically nowhere else in modern philosophy.

So the question is: are there critical reviews of Aristotle's metaphysics which have attempted to update his metaphysics in light of subsequent developments in philosophy and science? Or is it more the case that he is generally identified with the Scholastic tradition, and as such only of interest to Catholic intellectuals, academics, and historians?

But I can't help but feel that analytical philosophy has thrown the baby out with the bathwater.

But let's wait and see what others have to say.

Here is a question about Aristotle's metaphysics.

We all know now that despite Aristotle's great learning and insight, his Physics is thoroughly outmoded. Such ideas as objects 'wanting' to be nearer the earth, objects of different masses falling at different speeds, and objects requiring continued energy to keep moving, are often given as text-book examples of the misconceptions that the ancients had about relatively straightforward questions.

Now in the case of physics, it is fairly easy to correct such errors by the experimental method and verification of the results, which in the subject of physical masses is very straightforward (up to a point, anyway). Among Galileo's achievements were the proofs that many of the basic assumptions of Aristotle's physics were incorrect.

So I have often wondered if it might be the case that Aristotle's metaphysics might also contain elementary errors which are analogous to those found in his Physics?

I am interested because, on the whole, metaphysics has been relegated to academic study in the modern world, which has left many gaps, in my opinion, in modern thinking. There are many concepts in Aristotle which may still be directly relevant to the modern outlook - I am thinking especially of the related ideas of telos and entelechy in the biological sciences. I have also noticed that contemporary Thomist philosophers such as Gilson and Maritain have a depth of thought in metaphysical thinking which is found practically nowhere else in modern philosophy.

So the question is: are there critical reviews of Aristotle's metaphysics which have attempted to update his metaphysics in light of subsequent developments in philosophy and science? Or is it more the case that he is generally identified with the Scholastic tradition, and as such only of interest to Catholic intellectuals, academics, and historians?