hylomorphic

Aristotle wrote of the hylomorphic union of matter and form.

February 11th, 2009 m_francis 2009

I'll be getting to a book review that touches on Philosophy of Mind subjects (in part) before long – and what do you know, it happens to be a book which advocates something along the lines of the hylomorphic view.

Book Review: Quantum Enigma 2009

In his view, the soul is far more noble than the hylomorphic account of Aristotle implies, at least as Valla understands that account.

Lorenzo Valla Nauta, Lodi 2009

After Aristotle's texts had been assimilated, almost all medieval academic theories had an ontology which was basically hylomorphic: substances were composites of matter and form, and change was described as the loss of one form and the acquisition of another.

Medieval Theories of Causation White, Graham 2009

This solution, of course, applies only to hylomorphic compounds.

Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008

The essence of such a hylomorphic compound is evidently its form, not its matter.

Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008

If they are separated (such as at death) you are no longer fully you but just your soul, whereas the "full" you is the hylomorphic soul-body substance.

A thought experiment 2006

After all, universals are not material objects, and so it is not clear how they can be viewed as hylomorphic compounds.

Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008

For form is predicated of matter as subject, and one can always analyze a hylomorphic compound into its predicates and the subject of which they are predicated.

Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008

The role of form in this hylomorphic context is the topic of

Aristotle's Metaphysics Cohen, S. Marc 2008