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hylomorphism

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hylomorphism

Metaphysical view according to which every natural body consists of two intrinsic principles, one potential (namely, primary matter) and one actual (namely, substantial form). It was the central doctrine of Aristotle's philosophy of nature. He based his argument for hylomorphism chiefly on the analysis of change. If a being changes (e.g., from being cold to being hot), something permanent must exist that remains throughout the change; in addition, there must be an actual principle that differentiates the earlier from the later state. The permanent principle is matter, the actual principle form.
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See Adi Setia, "Atomism versus Hylomorphism in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi," Islam & Science, Vol.
Time, motion, distance, and change in the Kalam of Fakhr al-Din ... by Setia, Adi / Islam & Science
Newman argues that the evolution of a "mechanical philosophy" that replaced Aristotelian-scholastic hylomorphism was the direct and integral result of an experimental, corpuscular chymistry derived from medieval alchemy and culminating in Robert Boyle.
Atoms and Alchemy: Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the ... by Clulee, Nicholas H. / Renaissance Quarterly
This psychology in turn rested on Aristotle's hylomorphism, the view that all natural objects consist of a unity of matter and form.
Human nature and the creation of new values by Ortmann, Leonard W. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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