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The History of Hylomorphism: From Aristotle to Descartes

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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.

Table of Contents:
Preface List of contributors David Charles: 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

About the Author :
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.

Review :
This volume stands out as an impressive achievement in the field of ancient, late antique, and medieval philosophy. While it gathers contributions from many leading scholars, Charles has skillfully woven these diverse perspectives into a cohesive whole. Each chapter, with few exceptions, builds meaningfully on the last, creating a book that is both challenging and rewarding to engage with. This volume can therefore be highly recommended to anyone who wishes to gain a broader perspective on fundamental developments in the history of Western philosophy.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780192897664
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 422
  • Spine Width: 30 mm
  • Weight: 798 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0192897667
  • Publisher Date: 08 Sep 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: From Aristotle to Descartes
  • Width: 166 mm


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