How does Aristolelian natural philosophy explain change?
Well, first off, Aristotle made no special distinction between change and motion. The same Greek word (kinesis) is used for both ideas. Aristotle’s writing is very confusing concerning change because he has ten kinds in the Categories, but only focuses on four in the Physics. I assume you’ll be wanting to look primarily at the physics. 600-800 words isn’t real long, so you can’t get into great detail here. What I would do if I were you is explain a bit about Aristotle’s notion of change in general and his notion of natures, and then focus on the four kinds of change in turn. Every change involves movement from a potentiality to an actuality, according to the nature of the thing that changes. So you can get about 100-200 words on the general explanation and you can provide one example of each kind of change.
