Ancient Philosophy II
Persone
Marmodoro A.
Docente titolare del corso
Descrizione
The course will introduce Aristotle's theory that material objects are 'compounds' of matter and form; will motivate critical discussion of the theory, and will explore its contemporary developments in modern metaphysics.
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Lowe, E. J. ‘A neo-Aristotelian substance ontology: neither relational nor constituent’ in Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics, edited by Tuomas Tahko (Cambridge, 2012)
Rea, M. ‘Hylomorphism reconditioned’, Philosophical Perspectives 25 (2011), 341–358
Scaltsas, T. 'Is a Whole Identical to Its Parts?', Mind (1990), 583-98
Shields C. (2014), Aristotle, Routledge
