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The history of hylomorphism : from Aristotle to Descartes / edited by David Charles.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hylomorphism--History.
- Hylomorphism.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Hylomorphism, the understanding of objects in terms of their matter and their form, was introduced by Aristotle and has been a major influence on Western philosophy to this day. Sixteen specially written essays explore hylomorphism in the thought of Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, medieval, and early modern philosophers.
- Contents:
- An introduction to the history of hylomorphism : from Aristotle to Descartes / David Charles
- Epicurean materialism / Alexander Bown
- Stoics and hylomorphism / Brad Inwood
- The octopoid soul : Stoic responses to Aristotle's soul-body hylomorphism / Christof Rapp
- Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Stoics : blending, forms, and the upwards story / Reier Helle
- Galen on the form and substance of the soul / Patricia Marechal
- Alexander of Aphrodisias' emergentism : hylomorphism perfected / Victor Caston
- Alexander of Aphrodisias on the ancient debate on hylomorphism and the development of intellect / Frans A.J. de Haas
- Plotinus on hylomorphic forms / Riccardo Chiaradonna
- Strengths of embodiment in neoplatonism / Pauliina Remes
- Philoponus and Alexander in historical context on relations between matter and form inside and outside philosophy of mind / Richard Sorabji
- Hylomorphism in neoplatonic commentaries on Aristotle? Perception in Philoponus and pseudo-simplicius / Miira Tuominen
- Natural, artificial, and organic forms in Avicenna / Peter Adamson
- Averroes, intellect, and liberal hylomorphism / Stephen R. Ogden
- Hoc Aliquid : Aquinas's soul is this something / Christopher Shields
- Suárez' compositional account of substance / Dominik Perler
- Descartes' mind-body holism and the primacy of experience / Lilli Alanen.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Charles, David The History of Hylomorphism
- ISBN:
- 9780191924125
- 0191924121
- 9780192652324
- 019265232X
- 9780192652317
- 0192652311
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