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The theory on “eide” according to Nicholas of Methone

Vox Patrum, 2018
In this study, we are discussing the theory on “eide” and their relation to the “matter” according to Nicholas of Methone. This is a topic that shows the way in which God, as the supreme and only Principle, is connected to the natural world and human ...
Christos Terezis, Lydia Petridou
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Don’t Squint: Quantum Hylomorphism Can Solve Albert’s Macro-Object Problem

Topoi
Primitive ontology (PO) approaches to quantum theory aim to describe the world in terms of matter distributed in 3-space (the PO). David Albert argues they cannot recover macroscopic structure without ad hoc coarse-graining (“squinting”).
William M. R. Simpson
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The Sacraments of the Law and the Law of the Sacraments. By Judith Hahn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 350. £85.00.

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 332-333, May 2024.
Oliver Wright
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The Universe as a Computer Game, from Virtual to Actual Reality

Scientia et Fides, 2018
From the very beginning of ancient Greek philosophy up to the present day a puzzling correlation is found between rationality and reality. In this study this relation is examined with emphasis on the philosophical tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas.
Alfred Driessen
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The Conatus Doctrine: A Rational Interpretation of Innate Intelligence. [PDF]

J Chiropr Humanit, 2022
Thornhill JT.
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Contextual Emergence, Traveling Forms, and Cosmic Substances: Evaluating the Options for Quantum Hylomorphism

Topoi
The neo-Aristotelian programme in natural philosophy comprises a family of theoretical frameworks that offer alternatives to quantum fundamentalism , i.e., to the metaphysical thesis that all the fundamental entities and all natural properties are ...
R. Koons
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Czy współczesne nauki przyrodnicze mogą inspirować filozoficzny i teologiczny namysł nad przyczynowością?

Scientia et Fides, 2018
Can Contemporary Science Inspire Philosophical and Theological Reflection on Causality?The cooperation between natural science, philosophy, and theology in an analysis of the causal structure and co-dependency of entities in the universe seems to be both
Mariusz Tabaczek
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Material Objects in Confucian and Aristotelian Metaphysics: The Inevitability of Hylomorphism

, 2022
Hylomorphism is a metaphysical theory that accounts for the unity of the material parts of composite objects by appeal to a structure or ‘form’ characterizing those parts.
Rooney, James Dominic
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You Don’t Need Prime Matter: Welcome Rigid-Kooky Objects [PDF]

Organon F
The problem of destructive change comprises two interrelated questions: (1) Is there destructive change? (2) If there is, what underlies it? Classical hylomorphists argue that there is destructive change, understood as the change of primary substances ...
Youssef Aguisoul
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Neo-Thomistic hylomorphism applied to mental causation and neural correlates of consciousness [PDF]

, 2018
The aim of this work is to defend substance dualism by defeating two of its paramount potential defeaters. I will argue that a substance dualist position, neo-Thomistic hylomorphism, provides a solution to the causal pairing problem and a good ...
Owen, Matthew Keith
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