Form and Matter

Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics

AvOderbert,David S. Oderberg

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Form and Matter is a collection of six papers by leading philosophers on topics in contemporary metaphysics looked at from an Aristotelian perspective. Topics covered include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of mind, the nature of mixture,and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-04-30
Mått:138 x 216 x 8 mm
Vikt:163 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ratio Special Issues
Antal sidor:132
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631213895

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Mer om författaren

David S. Oderberg is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. Author of The Metaphysics of Identity over Time (1993); co-editor of Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics (1997).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. 1. Form Without Matter (E.J. Lowe).2. Farewell to Substance: A Differentiated Leave-Taking (Peter M. Simons).3. A Return to Form in the Philosophy of Mind (John Haldane).4. Mixing Matters (Kit Fine).5. On the Unity of Compound Things: Living and Non-Living (Joshua Hoffman & Gary S. Rosenkrantz).6. Sameness Without Identity: An Aristotelian Solution to the Problem of Material Constitution (Michael C. Rea).Index.