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dc.contributor.authorSimpson, William M. R.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-07T12:33:35Z
dc.date.available2021-10-07T12:33:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50863
dc.description.abstract"In this chapter, I argue that Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism, which con- ceived the natural world as consisting of substances which are metaphysically composed of matter and form, is ripe for rehabilitation in the light of quantum physics. I begin by discussing Aristotle's conception of matter and form, as it was understood by Aquinas, and how Aristotle's doctrine of hylomorphism was `physicalised' and eventually abandoned with the rise of microphysicalism. I argue that the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, and the emergence of irreducibly macroscopic phenomena in nite temperature quantum systems, have given us good reasons to doubt the truth of microphysicalism. In support of my argument, I show how to construct a hylomorphic interpretation of the de Broglie-Bohm theory that posits a single Cosmic Substance. I then show how to construct a hylomorphic interpretation of an alternative `contextual' wave function collapse theory (recently proposed by the physicists Barbara Drossel and George Ellis) which posits a plurality of Thermal Substances. Both of these neo-Aristotelian ontologies reject the microphysicalist dogma that nature consists fundamentally of some set of microscopic constituents."en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTJ Philosophy: metaphysics and ontologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAB Philosophy of religionen_US
dc.subject.other"hylomorphism; causal powers; quantum mechanics; quantum statistical mechanics; open quantum systems; Bohmian mechanics; wave function collapse; substantial form"en_US
dc.titleChapter 1 From Quantum Physics to Classical Metaphysicsen_US
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003125860-3en_US
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oapen.relation.isPartOfBookc68a71d7-d439-455c-9cd2-42a748157fd0en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367637149en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367646981en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages46en_US
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