Aristotelian Philosophy on the Four Kinds of Change

In Aristotelian philosophy, four kinds of change are distinguished: local motion (change in place), qualitative change (change in qualities like temperature or color), quantitative change (change in size), and substantial change (change in substance). While substantial change is debated as a true type of change, it involves a substance ceasing to exist and being replaced by another. These distinctions provide a fundamental framework for understanding different types of changes in the natural world according to Aristotelian philosophy.