Form and Matter: Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics - Softcover

 
9780631213895: Form and Matter: Themes in Contemporary Metaphysics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631213899 ISBN 13: 9780631213895
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

Form and Matter is a collection of six papers by leading philosophers on topics in contemporary metaphysics looked at from an Aristotelian perspective. Topics covered include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of mind, the nature of mixture,and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing.

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About the Author

David S. Oderberg is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. Author of The Metaphysics of Identity over Time (1993); co-editor of Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics (1997).

From the Back Cover

Recent years have seen a revival of interest in philosophy from a broadly Aristotelian perspective.

Aristotelianism is an important corrective both to the naturalistic reductionism prevalent in philosophy, and to the extravagances of Platonism which are reappearing in places. This collection brings together six papers by leading philosophers working within the Aristotelian tradition, covering a number of topics in contemporary metaphysics. The subjects examined include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of the mind, the nature of mixture, and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing. Contributors: Jonathan Lowe; Peter Simons; John Haldane; Kit Fine; Joshua Hoffman, Gary Rosenkrantz and Michael Rea.

From the Inside Flap

Recent years have seen a revival of interest in philosophy from a broadly Aristotelian perspective.

Aristotelianism is an important corrective both to the naturalistic reductionism prevalent in philosophy, and to the extravagances of Platonism which are reappearing in places. This collection brings together six papers by leading philosophers working within the Aristotelian tradition, covering a number of topics in contemporary metaphysics. The subjects examined include substance, material constitution, the metaphysics of the mind, the nature of mixture, and the analysis of what it is to be a living thing. Contributors: Jonathan Lowe; Peter Simons; John Haldane; Kit Fine; Joshua Hoffman, Gary Rosenkrantz and Michael Rea.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631213899
ISBN 13 
9780631213895
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
131
Editor
Oderberg David S.