A New Argument for the Incompatibility of Hylomorphism and Metaphysical Naturalism
Within the substance ontology literature in recent analytic metaphysics, four principal theories are in competition: substratum theory, bundle theory, primitive substance theory, and hylomorphism. This paper is part of a larger project attempting to show that each of these four theories is incompati...
| Publié dans: | Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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[2015]
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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| Classifications IxTheo: | VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Hylomorphism
B Ontology B Realism B Metaphysics B Naturalism |
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| Résumé: | Within the substance ontology literature in recent analytic metaphysics, four principal theories are in competition: substratum theory, bundle theory, primitive substance theory, and hylomorphism. This paper is part of a larger project attempting to show that each of these four theories is incompatible with metaphysical naturalism (which of course creates a problem for that view, if indeed these four theories are the only potentially workable options). To that end, I explicate and defend the following argument: Premise 1: Prime matter either can exist on its own (unactualized by substantial form) or it cannot. Premise 2: If prime matter can exist on its own (unactualized by substantial form) then metaphysical naturalism is false. Premise 3: If prime matter cannot exist on its own (unactualized by substantial form) then metaphysical naturalism is false. Conclusion; Therefore, either way, metaphysical naturalism is false. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc20171357 |