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Do Substances Have Formal Parts?Analytic Philosophy. forthcoming.Hylomorphism is the Aristotelian theory according to which substances are composed of matter and form. If a house is a substance, then its matter would be a collection of bricks and timbers and its form something like the structure of those bricks and timbers. It is widely agreed that matter bears a mereological relationship to substance; the bricks and timbers are parts of the house. But with form things are more controversial. Is the structure of the bricks and timbers best conceived as a part…Read more
Graham Renz
Marian University
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Marian UniversityAssistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |