Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers
Relying on the teachings of Aquinas, Oderberg as one of the analytic hylomorphists ascribes the unity of an object to form. His view is that if form is responcible for unity, it should be a simple entity not a composite one. In this article, we have shown that although one can find this view tenable...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
| Published: |
Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
2019-09-01
|
| Series: | حکمت و فلسفه |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_10118_aab7c52232bd524f43a2f570433d46e1.pdf |
| _version_ | 1797387492730601472 |
|---|---|
| author | Mehdi Amiriyan |
| author_facet | Mehdi Amiriyan |
| author_sort | Mehdi Amiriyan |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Relying on the teachings of Aquinas, Oderberg as one of the analytic hylomorphists ascribes the unity of an object to form. His view is that if form is responcible for unity, it should be a simple entity not a composite one. In this article, we have shown that although one can find this view tenable, but his own specific metaphysics cannot support it. In doing so, we first focus on his explanation of form and analyze his argument for form. We argue that his view suffers from many weaknesses. In the sequel, we explained our own argument for unity of form, which is taken from Aristotle. At the end, we showed that even if we ignore the weaknesses of Oderberg’s argument and accept his claim to the unity of form, his metaphysics cannot support this theory. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-08T22:25:34Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e38bde4fa3604262a3bae64ab389cab5 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1735-3238 2476-6038 |
| language | fas |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-08T22:25:34Z |
| publishDate | 2019-09-01 |
| publisher | Allameh Tabataba'i University Press |
| record_format | Article |
| series | حکمت و فلسفه |
| spelling | doaj.art-e38bde4fa3604262a3bae64ab389cab52023-12-18T10:46:31ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressحکمت و فلسفه1735-32382476-60382019-09-011559638310.22054/wph.2019.32175.155910118Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as PowersMehdi Amiriyan0Postdoctoral researcher at Isfahan UniversityRelying on the teachings of Aquinas, Oderberg as one of the analytic hylomorphists ascribes the unity of an object to form. His view is that if form is responcible for unity, it should be a simple entity not a composite one. In this article, we have shown that although one can find this view tenable, but his own specific metaphysics cannot support it. In doing so, we first focus on his explanation of form and analyze his argument for form. We argue that his view suffers from many weaknesses. In the sequel, we explained our own argument for unity of form, which is taken from Aristotle. At the end, we showed that even if we ignore the weaknesses of Oderberg’s argument and accept his claim to the unity of form, his metaphysics cannot support this theory.https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_10118_aab7c52232bd524f43a2f570433d46e1.pdfaristotleaquinasoderberghylomorphismunity of formregress argument |
| spellingShingle | Mehdi Amiriyan Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers حکمت و فلسفه aristotle aquinas oderberg hylomorphism unity of form regress argument |
| title | Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers |
| title_full | Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers |
| title_fullStr | Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers |
| title_short | Explaining the Unity of Objects, Including Human Beings, Based on Aquins’s Hylomorphism; the First Interpretation: Properties as Powers |
| title_sort | explaining the unity of objects including human beings based on aquins s hylomorphism the first interpretation properties as powers |
| topic | aristotle aquinas oderberg hylomorphism unity of form regress argument |
| url | https://wph.atu.ac.ir/article_10118_aab7c52232bd524f43a2f570433d46e1.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mehdiamiriyan explainingtheunityofobjectsincludinghumanbeingsbasedonaquinsshylomorphismthefirstinterpretationpropertiesaspowers |