hylomorphism

Nor does Dietrich wish to distinguish God from creatures by postulating a theory of universal hylomorphism, which is the view that all creatures, even spiritual ones, are marked as creatures by the possession of some form of materiality.

Dietrich of Freiberg Führer, Markus 2009

The word “form” in definition (3) naturally calls hylomorphism to mind.

Descartes' Theory of Ideas Pessin, Andrew 2007

Libet proposes a theory of brain-mind interactionism (known in philosophy and theology as hylomorphism) opposed to a strict Cartesian substance dualism.

Book Review: Quantum Enigma 2009

The 2000-year old thing is hylomorphism, the inextricable unity of matter and form.

March 18th, 2009 m_francis 2009

Aristotelian hylomorphism the thesis that material things are composed of matter and an activating principle called a form had to be rejected due to the new astronomy; an alternative theory of matter was found in ancient atomism.

Nancey Murphy - Is “Nonreductive Physicalism” an Oxymoron? William Harryman 2009

Drawing upon Aristotelian hylomorphism, he argues that it is the matter of existence that acquires forms as it constantly changes.

Mulla Sadra Rizvi, Sajjad 2009

Although many aspects of Aristotle's causal theories were extensively and critically debated, this basic hylomorphism persisted throughout; and it is this, rather than anything more arcane, which often poses the greatest problems in assimilating, or evaluating, medieval thought on these topics.

Medieval Theories of Causation White, Graham 2009

Protevi 2001 looks at the accompanying notions of hylomorphism and self-organization in the history of philosophy; Bonta and Protevi 2004 treat Deleuze and dynamic systems theory with regard to its potentials for geographical work.

Gilles Deleuze Smith, Daniel 2008

Weisheipl ([1980], p. 243), for example, describes the plurality of forms as “simply a logical consequence of” universal hylomorphism.

Binarium Famosissimum Spade, Paul Vincent 2008

But in fact the medieval theory of universal hylomorphism maintained something slightly weaker than that; it held that all substances except God were composed of matter and form, whereas God is entirely immaterial.

Binarium Famosissimum Spade, Paul Vincent 2008

According to the theory of hylomorphism, what must be added to produce the table is the form of the table.

Form and Matter: Hylomorphism Skip to content 2023

Hylomorphism (from the Greek words ‘hyle’ meaning ‘matter’ and ‘morphe’ meaning ‘form’) is the theory according to which material objects, things like tables, chairs, rocks, trees, rabbits, planets, and human beings, consist of two fundamental parts, components, or aspects: matter and form.

Form and Matter: Hylomorphism Skip to content 2023

According to hylomorphism, all material objects consist of both matter and form.

Form and Matter: Hylomorphism Skip to content 2023