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dc.contributor.authorKoons, Robert C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-07T12:38:57Z
dc.date.available2021-10-07T12:38:57Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50864
dc.description.abstract"There are three great options in the philosophy of nature: materialism, cosmic monism, and holistic pluralism. These correspond to the metaphysical priority of, respectively, the very small, the very large, and the intermediate. Human beings and other organisms fall into the intermediate category, and a philosophy of nature that gives pride of place to thought and responsible, intentional action, while avoiding Cartesian dualism and idealism, must embrace the Aristotelian option of plural holism. Aristotle’s metaphysics clearly assigns the status of fundamental to living organisms, despite their intermediate size. However, integrating this Aristotelian view with modern science faces the problem of the inorganic world. Where can we find the fundamental Aristotelian substances in that world, needed to complete the plural holist picture? I will argue that we can take our cues from the holistic character of quantum chemistry and thermodynamics. Just as there are irreducibly human powers grounded in the human soul as the ‘form of the body’, so too are there irreducibly thermochemical powers grounded in thermochemical forms, which are ontologically prior to the arrangement of particles and waves in space and time. I extend this account to the irreducibly biological powers of organisms."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.otherPhilosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, religion and philosophy, religion and science, christian theologyen_US
dc.titleChapter 2 Essential Thermochemical and Biological Powersen_US
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003125860-4en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isPartOfBookc68a71d7-d439-455c-9cd2-42a748157fd0en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367637149en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367646981en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages29en_US


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