The History of Hylomorphism

From Aristotle to Descartes
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-19-289766-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Although Aristotle was not the first to understand objects in terms of their matter and their form, the account he developed has exercised a major influence on Western philosophy to this day. The History of Hylomorphism: From Aristotle to Descartes collects sixteen essays by experts that consider aspects of the first two thousand years of the history of hylomorphism, starting with Aristotle's immediate successors and ending with Descartes. It includes discussions of Hellenistic, Roman, Arabic, medieval, and early modern philosophers, examining the ways in which Aristotle's central ideas and concepts were progressively modified by these thinkers. Hylomorphism, as we understand it today, owes much to the way in which it was interpreted, and re-interpreted, during this period. Through a study of their work we can see how questions in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of mind, such as Descartes's mind-body problem, came to be formulated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charles, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- List of contributors

- Introduction: The History of Hylomorphism: From Aristotle to Descartes

- 1: Alexander Bown: Epicurean Materialism

- 2: Brad Inwood: Stoics and Hylomorphism

- 3: Christof Rapp: The Octopoid Soul. Stoic Responses to Aristotle's Soul-Body Hylomorphism

- 4: Reier Helle: Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Stoics: Blending, Forms, and the Upwards Story

- 5: Patricia Marechal: Galen on the Form and Substance of the Soul

- 6: Victor Caston: Alexander of Aphrodisias' Emergentism: Hylomorphism Perfected

- 7: Frans A.J. de Haas: Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Ancient Debate on Hylomorphism, and the Development of Intellect

- 8: Riccardo Chiaradonna: Plotinus on Hylomorphic Forms

- 9: Pauliina Remes: Strengths of Embodiment in Neoplatonism

- 10: Richard Sorabji: Philoponus and Alexander in Historical Context on Relations between Matter and Form Inside and Outside Philosophy of Mind

- 11: Miira Tuominen: Hylomorphism in Neoplatonic Commentaries on Aristotle? Perception in Philoponus and Pseudo-Simplicius

- 12: Peter Adamson: Natural, Artificial, and Organic Forms in Avicenna

- 13: Stephen R. Ogden: Averroes, Intellect, and Liberal Hylomorphism

- 14: Christopher Shields: Hoc Aliquid: Aquinas's Soul is This Something

- 15: Dominik Perler: Suárez's Compositional Account of Substance

- 16: Lilli Alanen: Descartes's Mind-Body Holism and the Primacy of Experience

Über Autor(innen)

David Charles was initially a Lecturer and Research Lecturer in Christ Church, Oxford (1972-8) and was from 1978 a Fellow and Tutor at Oriel College, Oxford, until 2008 when he became a Research Professor. Since 2014, he has been a Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. In addition, he has held visiting professorships at Brown, Rutgers and UCLA, Tokyo Metropolitan, Taiwan National and Venice Universities. He was a co-founder with Vasilis Karasmanis of the European Society for Greek Philosophy and is an Honorary Fellow of the Technical University of Athens.