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Aquinas's ontology of the material world : change, hylomorphism, and material objects /
What is the nature of the material world? And how are its fundamental constituents to be described? These questions are of central concern to contemporary philosophers, and in their attempt to answer them, they have begun reconsidering traditional views about metaphysical structure, including the Ar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.