Hylomorphism and mereology. Volume 15 : Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics / edited by Gyula Klima and Alex Hall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Alexander W., editor.

Klima, Gyula, editor.

Series:

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics ; Volume 15.

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics ; Volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whole and parts (Philosophy)--History.

Whole and parts (Philosophy).

Whole and parts (Philosophy)--Congresses.

Hylomorphism--Congresses.

Hylomorphism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 103 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

Mereology is the metaphysical theory of parts and wholes, including their conditions of identity and persistence through change. Hylomorphism is the metaphysical doctrine according to which all natural substances, including living organisms, consist of matter and form as their essential parts, where the substantial form of living organisms is identified as their soul. The theories date to Plato and Aristotle and figure prominently in the history of philosophy up until the seventeenth century, where their influence wanes relative to a reductive materialism that culminates with deflationary accounts of objects and persons, where mere conglomerates constitute things and we are left to account for mental phenomena in terms of the powers of physical materials. In view of such difficulties, there is a renewed interest in hylomorphism, as its forms structure matter and can account for natural kinds, with their various capacities and powers. This volume presents medieval theories of hylomorphism and mereology, articulating the conceptual framework in which they developed and with an eye on their relevance today.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Multiplex Composition and the Prospects for Substantial Unity

There is More Than One Way to Slice a Cake

How Unicity Theorists Can Recover the Elements from Material Substances

Many Exits on the Road to Corpuscularianism

Boethius of Dacia on the Differentiae and the Unity of Definitions

What Has Aquinas Got Against Platonic Forms?

Mereological Hylomorphism and the Development of the Buridanian Account of Formal Consequence

Appendix

Contributors.

Notes:

"The Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics (PSMLM) collects original materials presented at sessions sponsored by the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics (SMLM). ..."--Page [vii].

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ISBN:

1-5275-2650-X

OCLC:

1083545078