Contents -- Preface -- Part One. An Aristotelian Perspective -- Lecture One. Historical Context: What is at Stake -- Lecture Two. Induction: The Perennial Value of the Aristotelian Perspective -- Part Two. Basic Principles -- Lecture Three. The Principle of Substance -- Lecture Four. Potentiality Uncovered -- Lecture Five. The Principle of Final Causality -- Part Three. Cultural Considerations -- Lecture Six. Use and Abuse of Analogy and Metaphor in Scientific Explanation -- Lecture Seven. Science and the Shaping of Modernity: The Reciprocal Influence of Science and Culture -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.