The implications of Aristotle's philosophy for materialism are devastating and with regard to the issue of the philosophy of mind since Aristotle essentially undercuts the approach of naturalistic materialism.
Aristotle began with what may be termed "general metaphysics." He moves from general metaphysics to subjects such as the philosophy of nature. Aristotle was interested in focusing on how many kinds of explanations of nature and how nature works which the philosopher could find useful.
He was convinced that when we look at the events of the world there is some source of causation behind it all. In fact he proposed that observing the world is something like looking at a puppet show in that there is something occurring behind the scenes that is producing the visible and observable results at which we peer.
