Aquinas and the Ship of Theseus: Solving Puzzles about Material ObjectsThomas Aquinas has always been viewed as a highly importantfigure in Western Civilization, and the chief philosopher of RomanCatholicism. In recent decades there has been a renewed interest inAquinas' thought as scholars have been exploring the relevance of histhought to contemporary philosophical problems.The book will be of interest not only to historians of medievalphilosophy, but to philosophers who work on problems associated withthe nature of material objects. Because human beings are typicallyunderstood to be a kind of material object, the book will also be ofinterest to philosophers working on topics in the philosophy of religion,philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of human nature. Although thework contains the kinds of details that are necessary for a work of historical scholarship, it is written in amanner that makes it approachable for undergraduate students in philosophy and so it would be awelcomed addition to any university library. |
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Table des matières
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5 Aquinas on Identity Individuation and Material Composition | 113 |
6 Aquinas and the Problem of Material Constitution | 144 |
7 Answering Objections to the Thomistic Approach to the PMC | 168 |
Select Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 189 |
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Aquinas and the Ship of Theseus: Solving Puzzles about Material Objects Christopher Brown Affichage d'extraits - 2005 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accidental form aggregate approach to material Aquinas thinks Aquinas’s metaphysic Aquinas’s views argument artefact identity artefact-configuring form atoms Baker belong Chapter clay coincident objects common-sense intuitions composed composition compound material objects configured constituted objects contemporary philosophers definition DPN ch elements essential properties example exist fire first homeomerous human soul IMO2 IMO3 IMO5 IMO6 individual material objects integral parts ofa intuitions about material Inwagen kinds Lumpl material constitution mereological sum non-living substances numerically identical ofa material substance ofa substance ofclay Ofcourse ofmasses ofmaterial ofsubstances ofthe ofwater ontological status original ship Peter van Inwagen Phys piece plurality premise prime matter proper accident puzzles about material quod raise the PMC reject SCG II ch sense Ship of Theseus simpliciter Socrates Socrates’s sortal spatially coincident species specifically ST Ia stances standard account substance theory substance’s substantial form sum theory theory of masses things Thomistic Zimmerman
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Aquinas and the Ship of Theseus: Solving Puzzles about Material Objects Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy Contemporary studies in philosophy and the human sciences |
| Auteur | Christopher Brown |
| Éditeur | A&C Black, 2005 |
| ISBN | 082647828X, 9780826478283 |
| Longueur | 194 pages |
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