Hylomorphism in Modern Analytical Philosophy

Review of "Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy"

The Role of Philosophy in Modern Medicine

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Hylomorphism: Emergent Properties without Emergentism

4.1. The hylomorphic notion of structure Hylomorphism claims that structure (or organization, form, arrangement, order, or configuration) is a basic ontological and explanatory principle. Some individuals, paradigmatically living things, consist of materials that are structured or organized in various ways. You and I are not mere quantities of physical materials; we are quantities of physical m...

Ancient greek philosophy and modern psychiatry.

Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy

Many writers have held that in his later work, David Lewis adopted a theory of predicate meaning such that the meaning of a predicate is the most natural property that is (mostly) consistent with the way the predicate is used. That orthodox interpretation is shared by both supporters and critics of Lewis's theory of meaning , but it has recently been strongly criticised by Wolfgang Schwarz. In ...