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Aquinas's ontology of the material world : change, hylomorphism, and material objects / Jeffrey E Brower.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brower, Jeffrey E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Hylomorphism.
- Materialism.
- Ontology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 327 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Change, hylomorphism, and material objects
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Jeffrey E. Brower explores the hylomorphic conception of the material world developed by Thomas Aquinas, according to which objects comprise both matter (hyle) and form (morphe). He provides a wholesale alternative to standard accounts of material objects, and highlights the relevance of Aquinas's views to contemporary metaphysical debates.
- Contents:
- Part I. Introduction. A sketch of the complete ontology ; Filling out the sketch
- Part II. Change. Change in general ; Substantial vs. accidental change
- Part III. Hylomorphism. From change to hylomorphism ; Hylomorphism as a type of substratum theory ; In defense of hylomorphism
- Part IV. Material objects. From hylomorphism to material compounds ; Types of material compound ; Material compounds vs. material objects
- Part V. Complications. Non-standard changes and forms without substrata ; Mind-body dualism ; The afterlife.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178270-X
- 0-19-102375-2
- OCLC:
- 890675849
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