206 Pages
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Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book introduces a novel hylomorphic theory of material objects, according to which material objects are understood as comprised or composed of both matter and activity, where activity plays the role of form. This theory, “hyloenergeism,” captures the dynamic nature of many of the objects of our experience, such as living organisms, better than other leading varieties of contemporary... Read more
Introduction
1. Form as Structure: Structural Hylomorphism
2. Three Concerns for Structural Hylomorphism
3. Form as Power: Dispositional Hylomorphism
4. Activity, Process, and Object: Some Contemporary Resources
5. Form as Activity: Hyloenergeism
6. The Virtues of Hyloenergeism
7. Conclusion
Biography
Jeremy W. Skrzypek is Assistant Professor of philosophy at Ohio Dominican University. He received his PhD in philosophy from Saint Louis University. In 2023, he received the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly's Rising Scholar Award. His work has appeared in Synthese, Erkenntnis, Ratio, Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Vivarium, and elsewhere.
