Making Objects and Events: A Hylomorphic Theory of Artifacts, Actions, and Organisms
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Simon J. Evnine explores the view (which he calls amorphic hylomorphism) that some objects have matter from which they are distinct but that this distinctness is not due to the existence of anything like a form. He draws on Aristotle's insight that such objects must be understood in terms of an account that links what they are essentially with how they come to exist and what their functions are (the coincidence of formal, final, and efficient causes)...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198858035
ISBN13:9780198858034
Release Date:March 2020
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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