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[filed under theme 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
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Full Idea
The form of a thing (of a given kind) explains why certain matter constitutes a thing of that kind, and with this, Aristotle holds, we have reached explanatory bedrock.
Gist of Idea
Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock
Source
Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], Intro)
Book Ref
Wedin,Michael V.: 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance' [OUP 2000], p.7
A Reaction
We must explain an individual tiger which is unusually docile. It must have an individual form which makes it a tiger, but also an individual form which makes it docile.
The
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[general ideas about form specifying matter]:
24040
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Scientists explain anger by the matter, dialecticians by the form and the account
[Aristotle]
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24055
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Matter is potential, form is actual
[Aristotle]
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12345
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In 'Metaphysics' Z substantial primacy (as form) is explanatory rather than ontological
[Aristotle, by Wedin]
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11285
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The form of a thing is its essence and its primary being
[Aristotle]
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16147
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In 'Metaphysics' substantial forms take over from objects as primary
[Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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12071
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Essences are not properties (since those can't cause individual substances)
[Aristotle, by Witt]
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12084
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Essential form is neither accidental nor necessary to matter, so it appears not to be a property
[Aristotle, by Witt]
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11251
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Plato says changing things have no essence; Aristotle disagrees
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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16119
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Aristotle's cosmos is ordered by form, and disordered by matter
[Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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16148
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Aristotle moved from realism to nominalism about substances
[Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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16112
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A substance is a proper subject because the matter is a property of the form, not vice versa
[Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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12002
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Aristotle doesn't think essential properties are those which must belong to a thing
[Aristotle, by Kung]
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16164
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Forms of sensible substances include unrealised possibilities, so are not fully actual
[Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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17043
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Form, not matter, is a thing's nature, because it is actual, rather than potential
[Aristotle]
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13276
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The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom
[Aristotle, by Koslicki]
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16756
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Substantial forms must exist, to explain the stability of metals like silver and tin
[Albertus Magnus]
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16757
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Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water
[William of Ockham]
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17007
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Forms must rule over faculties and accidents, and are the source of action and unity
[Suárez]
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16585
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Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms
[Eustachius]
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16620
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A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form
[Hobbes]
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16034
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Form is not a separate substance, but just the manner, modification or 'stamp' of matter
[Boyle]
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15953
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To cite a substantial form tells us what produced the effect, but not how it did it
[Boyle]
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11181
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Aristotelian essentialism involves a 'natural' or 'causal' interpretation of modal operators
[Marcus (Barcan)]
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11184
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Aristotelian essentialism is about shared properties, individuating essentialism about distinctive properties
[Marcus (Barcan)]
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15959
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If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass?
[Alexander,P]
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12140
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Modern emphasis is on properties had essentially; traditional emphasis is on sort-defining properties
[Brody]
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12346
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Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock
[Wedin]
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24066
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The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity
[Koslicki]
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10938
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The extremes of essentialism are that all properties are essential, or only very trivial ones
[Rami]
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16602
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Corpuscularianism rejected not only form, but also the dependence of matter on form
[Pasnau]
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