Aquinas's ontology of place : local motion, space, and spatial location / Jeffrey E. Brower

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brower, Jeffrey E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Place (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

black and white

color

illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

How should we understand a body's place in the physical universe? Must it be explained in terms of its relation to a region of space? Or can it be accounted for in some other way? Such questions are of primary import within contemporary metaphysics and the philosophy of science. In attempting to answer these questions, scholars in these fields have routinely turned to the views of earlier thinkers. In this book, Jeffrey Brower explores the theory of place as developed by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), arguably the most influential thinker of the Middle Ages. In Brower's account, the key to understanding Aquinas's theory is to be found in two underexplored aspects of his natural philosophy. First, in his account of local motion (i.e., locomotion or change of place); and second, in his account of magnitude (i.e., extension or extended objects)

Contents:

Local motion

Magnitude

Bodily places as receptacles

Candidates for bodily place

Against incorporeal space

Bodily place without incorporeal space

Place of the heavens

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed July 22, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Brower, Jeffrey E. Aquinas's ontology of place

ISBN:

9780197842218

0197842216

9780197842201

0197842208

OCLC:

1592856914

Publisher Number:

CIPO000397020

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license