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Middle-sized Objects, Hylomorphism and Transubstantiation
Scientia et FidesThe fundamental philosophical problem with transubstantiation, is to give a plausible account of the concept of substance that it deploys. Aquinas admits that Aristotle’s concept of substance does not naturally fit the role (ST III 75 art. 4) and neither
H. Robinson
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 14, Issue 27, October 20, 2025.Bacterial cellulose has undergone a transformative journey from early applications to its role in advanced regenerative medicine. The review has a pedagogical ambition, offering clear pathways for future research and clinical adoption. Harmonizing regulatory standards and conducting larger, well‐designed clinical trials with standardized endpoints will
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Quantum Powers and Primitive Ontology
Philosophy Compass, Volume 20, Issue 8, August 2025.ABSTRACT This article surveys recent work on primitive ontology (PO) approaches to quantum mechanics, focusing on proposals that seek to integrate this approach with the metaphysics of causal powers. PO approaches aim to provide a clear metaphysical picture in which the world consists of local entities such as particles, matter density fields or ...
William M. R. Simpson
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Scientia et Fides, 2017 This article, the first of a two-part essay, presents an account of Aristotelian hylomorphic animalism that engages with recent work on neuroscience and philosophy of mind.
Daniel D. De Haan
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, 2021 Abstract: The primitive ontology approach to quantum mechanics seeks to account for quantum phenomena in terms of a distribution of matter in three-dimensional space (or four-dimensional spacetime) and a law of nature that describes its temporal development.
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Aristotle's Theoria in Contemplative Education
Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 439-459, June 2025.Abstract This essay analyzes Pierre Hadot's reading of Aristotelian theoria in order to evaluate theoria's relevancy for the contemporary field of Contemplative Education. It emphasizes the limited engagement with theoria against a backdrop of heightened attention to mindfulness‐based practices. The essay critiques the conflation of Plato and Aristotle'
Tomas de Rezende Rocha
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Hylomorphism, New Mechanisms, and Explanations in Biology, Neuroscience, and Psychology
, 2017 Is Neo-Aristotelian hylomorphism compatible mechanistic science? In this essay I forge a rapprochement between Neo-Aristotelian hylomorphism and the "new mechanist philosophy" in biology, neuroscience, and psychology by drawing attention to their shared ...
De Haan, Daniel
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The Ontology of Property and Stewardship
Journal of Social OntologyThe paper explains the original establishment of property by the creationist account. Still, it shows that creationists cannot account for non-creatable things as property without collapsing into the labor-mixing account. Non-creatables, however, can be
Francis Cheneval
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Science Said. Relationships between Science, Reason and Faith
Scientia et Fides, 2013 After a description of the method of mathematics and empirical sciences, brief but explicit enough to show their limits with philosophical and theological reflection, I comment the harmonic relations of mutual help among them, and also, unfortunately ...
Ignacio Sols
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Daring to doubt! Shaftesbury, doubt, and polite conversation
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 192-210, June 2025.Abstract Shaftesbury thought that dogmatism was an epistemic vice that violated the norms of good inquiry by inhibiting the proper exercise of reason. One way that Shaftesbury attempted to defend against dogmatic thought and culture was to recommend that society followed the norms of what he called “polite conversation.” This notion has received a fair
Sean Maroney
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