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 * Name of article: Aristotelian physics

Lead


The article starts off with a straight forward definition of the topic and is closely followed by a general description of what said topic includes. The article continues by outlining key concepts along with its main sections and allows the intro to go into more depth.

Content
The body of this article is straightforward and does not stray from the topic though it could stand to be a bit more in depth. More detail along with more examples would be helpful for understanding as well as perspective, especially when discussing the four causes and unnatural motion. While there doesn't seem to be much content missing as far as main ideas go, the ideas themselves need to be filled out more. The article also extends unnecessarily to subsections on Aristotelian biology and psychology. Though these topics all have aspects which involve one another, the article fails to state the connections therefore making the add-ons seem like unneeded extensions.

Tone and Balance


The tone of the article is formal and informative. Aside from going into Aristotelian reception during classical and medieval times, the article does not state any strong opinions, definitely none from the author them self. The information seems evenly distributed for the most part, aside from the off topic and under filled subsections.

Sources and References


Most of the references and all of the sources are from textbooks and related articles. The references are up to date, ranging from the early 80's to 2015. Despite this article being relatively small, there are a decent number of references (most with working links).

Organization


The article itself is is easy to read and understand. The formal tone and rare error make the writing easy on the eyes. Key concepts have their own sections and info pertaining to these concepts are well organized within the sections.

Images and Media


The article includes images and graphs that help make it easier to visualize aspects of Aristotle's theories. A few of the images have very extensive captions and those with shorter captions are very straightforward and easy to comprehend. Placement is easy on the eye and all images include links and an exact description of the item(s) or ideas depicted.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

The talk section of this article seems very negative. At least one of the editors continues to insult not only other editors but the topic itself. While I did notice that whoever wrote the article seemed to only have a surface understanding of the topic, the information presented is correct. The article is a part of 3 different projects regarding history, philosophy and science and has a class-C rating with mid-top importance.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

The article does definitely present key concepts clearly, but I would say that it is more on the underdeveloped side. I appreciate the article's clarity and organization as well as the graphs that are included. However, more examples for individual theories would help everyone find a perspective that helps them wrap their mind around this topic. It sometimes felt as if I was looking at the solid bones of an article.

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