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[from 'Causal Structuralism' by John Hawthorne, in 9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle ]

Full Idea

It does not seem altogether arbitrary to treat the structure of the world (the 'form' of the world) in a different way to the nodes in the structure (the 'matter' of the world).

Gist of Idea

We can treat the structure/form of the world differently from the nodes/matter of the world

Source

John Hawthorne (Causal Structuralism [2001], 2.5)

Book Reference

Hawthorne,John: 'Metaphysical Essays' [OUP 2002], p.223


A Reaction

An interesting contemporary spin put on Aristotle's original view. Hawthorne is presenting the Aristotle account as a sort of 'structuralism' about nature.