Neo Aristotelian Perspectives In Metaphysics

Author : Daniel D. Novotný,Lukáš Novák
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
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Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134630097

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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics by Daniel D. Novotný,Lukáš Novák Pdf

This volume re-examines some of the major themes at the intersection of traditional and contemporary metaphysics. The book uses as a point of departure Francisco Suárez’s Metaphysical Disputations published in 1597. Minimalist metaphysics in empiricist/pragmatist clothing have today become mainstream in analytic philosophy. Independently of this development, the progress of scholarship in ancient and medieval philosophy makes clear that traditional forms of metaphysics have affinities with some of the streams in contemporary analytic metaphysics. The book brings together leading contemporary metaphysicians to investigate the viability of a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics.

Author : Daniel D. Novotný,Lukáš Novák
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134630165

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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives in Metaphysics by Daniel D. Novotný,Lukáš Novák Pdf

This volume re-examines some of the major themes at the intersection of traditional and contemporary metaphysics. The book uses as a point of departure Francisco Suárez’s Metaphysical Disputations published in 1597. Minimalist metaphysics in empiricist/pragmatist clothing have today become mainstream in analytic philosophy. Independently of this development, the progress of scholarship in ancient and medieval philosophy makes clear that traditional forms of metaphysics have affinities with some of the streams in contemporary analytic metaphysics. The book brings together leading contemporary metaphysicians to investigate the viability of a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics.

Author : William M.R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,Nicholas J. Teh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351813235

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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science by William M.R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,Nicholas J. Teh Pdf

The last two decades have seen two significant trends emerging within the philosophy of science: the rapid development and focus on the philosophy of the specialised sciences, and a resurgence of Aristotelian metaphysics, much of which is concerned with the possibility of emergence, as well as the ontological status and indispensability of dispositions and powers in science. Despite these recent trends, few Aristotelian metaphysicians have engaged directly with the philosophy of the specialised sciences. Additionally, the relationship between fundamental Aristotelian concepts—such as "hylomorphism", "substance", and "faculties"—and contemporary science has yet to receive a critical and systematic treatment. Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science aims to fill this gap in the literature by bringing together essays on the relationship between Aristotelianism and science that cut across interdisciplinary boundaries. The chapters in this volume are divided into two main sections covering the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of the life sciences. Featuring original contributions from distinguished and early-career scholars, this book will be of interest to specialists in analytical metaphysics and the philosophy of science.

Author : Ludger Jansen,Petter Sandstad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
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Release : 2021-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000357912

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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation by Ludger Jansen,Petter Sandstad Pdf

This is the first volume of essays devoted to Aristotelian formal causation and its relevance for contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. The essays trace the historical development of formal causation and demonstrate its relevance for contemporary issues, such as causation, explanation, laws of nature, functions, essence, modality, and metaphysical grounding. The introduction to the volume covers the history of theories of formal causation and points out why we need a theory of formal causation in contemporary philosophy. Part I is concerned with scholastic approaches to formal causation, while Part II presents four contemporary approaches to formal causation. The three chapters in Part III explore various notions of dependence and their relevance to formal causation. Part IV, finally, discusses formal causation in biology and cognitive sciences. Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation will be of interest to advanced graduate students and researchers working on contemporary Aristotelian approaches to metaphysics and philosophy of science. This volume includes contributions by José Tomás Alvarado, Christopher J. Austin, Giacomo Giannini, Jani Hakkarainen, Ludger Jansen, Markku Keinänen, Gyula Klima, James G. Lennox, Stephen Mumford, David S. Oderberg, Michele Paolini Paoletti, Sandeep Prasada, Petter Sandstad, Wolfgang Sattler, Benjamin Schnieder, Matthew Tugby, and Jonas Werner.

Author : Tuomas E. Tahko
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
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Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139502696

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Contemporary Aristotelian Metaphysics by Tuomas E. Tahko Pdf

Aristotelian (or neo-Aristotelian) metaphysics is currently undergoing something of a renaissance. This volume brings together fourteen essays from leading philosophers who are sympathetic to this conception of metaphysics, which takes its cue from the idea that metaphysics is the first philosophy. The primary input from Aristotle is methodological, but many themes familiar from his metaphysics will be discussed, including ontological categories, the role and interpretation of the existential quantifier, essence, substance, natural kinds, powers, potential, and the development of life. The volume mounts a strong challenge to the type of ontological deflationism which has recently gained a strong foothold in analytic metaphysics. It will be a useful resource for scholars and advanced students who are interested in the foundations and development of philosophy.

Author : William M. R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,James Orr,Taylor & Francis (Londyn).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367646986

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Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature by William M. R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,James Orr,Taylor & Francis (Londyn). Pdf

Philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, religion and philosophy, religion and science, christian theology.

Author : William M.R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,James Orr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000480672

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Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature by William M.R. Simpson,Robert C. Koons,James Orr Pdf

This book explores the relationship between a scientifically updated Aristotelian philosophy of nature and a scientifically engaged theology of nature. It features original contributions by some of the best scholars engaging with Aristotelianism in contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophical theology. Despite the growing interest in Aristotelian approaches to contemporary philosophy of science, few metaphysicians have engaged directly with the question of how a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of nature might change the landscape for theological discussion concerning theology and naturalism, the place of human beings within nature, or the problem of divine causality. The chapters in this volume are collected into three thematic sections: Naturalism and Nature, Mind and Nature, and God and Nature. By pushing the current boundaries of neo-Aristotelian metaphysics to recover the traditional notion of substantial forms in physics, reframe the principle of proportionality in biology, and restore the hierarchy of being familiar to ancient philosophy, this book advances a metaphysically unified framework that accommodates both scientific and theological knowledge, enriching the interaction between science, philosophy and theology. Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science, natural theology, philosophical theology, and analytic theology. Chapters 1, 2, and 7 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110566420

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Aristotle - Contemporary Perspectives on his Thought by Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou Pdf

This collection of essays by leading Aristotle scholars worldwide covers a wide range of topics on Aristotle's work from metaphysics, politics, ethics, bioethics, rhetoric, dialectic, aesthetics, history to physics, psychology, biology, medicine, technology. The thorough exploration of the issues investigated deepens our knowledge of the most fundamental concepts, which are crucial for an overall understanding of Aristotle’s work. Moreover, the contributors explore the relevance of Aristotle’s ideas to contemporary issues and provide new perspectives on the study of Aristotle’s thought. The essays of the volume were presented at the plenary sessions of the World Congress "Aristotle 2400 Years," organized by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Aristotle Studies of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on May 23-28 2016, in commemoration of the 2400th anniversary of Aristotle’s birth. The aim of the congress was to advance scholarship on all aspects of Aristotle’s work, both in philosophy and in the fundamental disciplines of science. The impressive number of 250 papers from 40 countries highlighted the fact that Aristotle’s work continues to exercise an influence on our intellectual lives on a global scale.

Author : Robert C. Koons,William M. R. Simpson,Nicholas J. Teh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : LCCN:2020719029

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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science by Robert C. Koons,William M. R. Simpson,Nicholas J. Teh Pdf

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268102920

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Metaphysical Perspectives by Nicholas Rescher Pdf

In Metaphysical Perspectives, Nicholas Rescher offers a grand vision of how to conceptualize, and in some cases answer, some of the most fundamental issues in metaphysics and value theory. Rescher addresses what he sees as the three prime areas of metaphysical concern: (1) the world as such and the architecture of nature at large, (2) ourselves as nature's denizens and our potential for learning about it, and (3) the transcendent domain of possibility and value. Rescher engages issues across a wide range of metaphysical themes, from different worldviews and ultimate questions to contingency and necessity, intelligent design and world-improvability, personhood and consciousness, empathy and other minds, moral obligation, and philosophical methodology. Over the course of this book, Rescher discusses, with his characteristic fusion of idealism and pragmatism, an integrated overview of the key philosophical problems grounded in an idealistically value-oriented approach. His discussion seeks to shed new light on philosophically central issues from a unified point of view.

Author : E. Feser
Publisher : Springer
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137367907

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Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics by E. Feser Pdf

Aristotle on Method and Metaphysics is a collection of new and cutting-edge essays by prominent Aristotle scholars and Aristotelian philosophers on themes in ontology, causation, modality, essentialism, the metaphysics of life, natural theology, and scientific and philosophical methodology.

Author : Christopher J. Austin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351240833

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Essence in the Age of Evolution by Christopher J. Austin Pdf

This book offers a novel defence of a highly contested philosophical position: biological natural kind essentialism. This theory is routinely and explicitly rejected for its purported inability to be explicated in the context of contemporary biological science, and its supposed incompatibility with the process and progress of evolution by natural selection. Christopher J. Austin challenges these objections, and in conjunction with contemporary scientific advancements within the field of evolutionary-developmental biology, the book utilises a contemporary neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of "dispositional properties", or causal powers, to provide a theory of essentialism centred on the developmental architecture of organisms and its role in the evolutionary process. By defending a novel theory of Aristotelian biological natural kind essentialism, Essence in the Age of Evolution represents the fresh and exciting union of cutting-edge philosophical insight and scientific knowledge.

Author : Robert C. Koons,Timothy Pickavance
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405195744

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Metaphysics by Robert C. Koons,Timothy Pickavance Pdf

Metaphysics: The Fundamentals presents readers with a systematic, comprehensive introductory overview of modern analytic metaphysics. Presents an accessible, up-to-date and broad-ranging survey of one of the most dynamic and often daunting sub-fields in contemporary philosophy Introduces readers to the seminal works of contemporary and historic philosophers, including Descartes, Leibniz, Russell, David Lewis, Alvin Plantinga, Kit Fine, Peter van Inwagen, John Hawthorne and many others Explores key questions while identifying important assumptions, axioms, and methodological principles Addresses topics in ontology, modality, causality, and universals; as well as issues surrounding material composition, persistence, space, and time

Author : Martin Hähnel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030375768

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Aristotelian Naturalism by Martin Hähnel Pdf

This book features many of the leading voices championing the revival of Neo-Aristotelian Ethical Naturalism (AN) in contemporary philosophy. It addresses the whole range of issues facing this research program at present. Coverage in the collection identifies differentiations, details standpoints, and points out new perspectives. This volume answers a need: AN is quite new to contemporary philosophy, despite its deep roots in the history of philosophy. As yet, there are many unanswered questions regarding its relation to contemporary views in metaethics. It is certainly not equivalent to dominant naturalistic approaches to metaethics in Anglophone philosophy. Indeed, it is not obviously incompatible with some approaches identified as nonnaturalistic. Further, there are controversies regarding the views of the first wave of virtue revivalists. The work of G.E.M. Anscombe and Philippa Foot is frequently misunderstood, despite the fact that they are important figures in the contemporary revival. This volume details a robust approach to ethics by situating it within the context of human life. It will help readers to better understand how AN raises deep questions about the relation of action and its evaluation to human nature. Neo-Aristotelians argue that something like the traditional cardinal virtues, practical wisdom, temperance, justice and courage, are qualities that perfect human reason and desire.

Author : Vasilis Politis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134529797

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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics by Vasilis Politis Pdf

Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, the ideas and text of the Metaphysics and Aristotle's philosophical legacy.