hylomorphism

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• He also explains how this relates directly to the Aristotelian doctrine of "hylomorphism." (See video below.)

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• Roughly speaking, using a framework of hylomorphism, congregational studies describes the material object, while theology or ecclesiology specifies the formal dimension of the church.

  Academic text (2009)

• According to the Thomist view on hylomorphism, a body is made one in virtue of the substantial form it has.

  Academic text (2016)

• But he also thought he could use Leibniz's philosophy for the defense of some Aristotelian positions concerning matter, forms, and hylomorphism.

  Academic text (2016)

• Certainly, he reaffirms immediately the Aristotelian hylomorphism according to which Socrates is composed of soul and body.

  Academic text (2017)

• According to this work, which had an unfortunate editorial history, the trajectory of individuation within Western thinking has been governed by two main paradigms: substantialism and hylomorphism.

  Academic text (2017)

• Whether this earlier notion of absolute form and his later conception of subsistent substantial form go beyond the boundary of Aristotelian hylomorphism turns on how we understand the ontological privilege of form in his ontology.

  Academic text (2017)

• The theory of hylomorphism posits that every object consists of both a material substance and a formal essence.

• Philosophers often explore hylomorphism to analyze how objects are constituted by their matter and form.

• Understanding hylomorphism helps clarify the philosophical debate about the relationship between physical objects and their conceptual representations.

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