Theoretical Science

Aristotle determines what theoretical science is on the one hand according to the object and on the other hand according to the interest in knowledge (cf. Metaphysics VI, 1 ).

Theoretical science considered

• that which is independent of humans, that which is eternal and unchangeable and
• which has no external purpose but knowledge itself.

For Aristotle, mathematics , first philosophy and natural philosophy fall under the theoretical science . The first philosophy deals with metaphysics , the natural philosophy with physics .

See also

• Practical science
• Poietic Science

literature

• Winfried Böhm : Theory and Practice: An Introduction to the Basic Pedagogical Problem. Königshausen & Neumann, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8260-4693-3 .