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Hylomorphism, natural science, mind and God

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The View from Above: Structure, Emergence, and Causation
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Howard Robinson argues that the early moderns were right to think that Aristotelian or scholastic hylomorphism was inconsistent with modern science.
An emphasis on the teleological component in hylomorphism can, together with an appeal to Divine design, restore a kind of hylomorphism - and also help to articulate the doctrine of transubstantiation. None of this makes any serious contribution to solving the mind-body problem.

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The View from Above: Structure, Emergence, and Causation
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Howard Robinson
Keywords
hylomorphism
metaphysics
aristotle
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 27/02/2018
Duration: 01:30:01

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