Making Objects and Events
A Hylomorphic Theory of Artifacts, Actions, and Organisms
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 February 2020
- ISBN 9780198858034
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 232x155x15 mm
- Weight 442 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Simon J. Evnine explores the view that some objects have matter from which they are distinct but that this distinctness is not due to the existence of anything like a form. He argues that objects must be understood in relation to how they come to exist and what their functions are, and applies his account to artifacts, organisms, and actions.
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Simon J. Evnine explores the view (which he calls amorphic hylomorphism) that some objects have matter from which they are distinct but that this distinctness is not due to the existence of anything like a form. He draws on Aristotle's insight that such objects must be understood in terms of an account that links what they are essentially with how they come to exist and what their functions are (the coincidence of formal, final, and efficient causes). Artifacts are the most prominent kind of objects where these three features coincide, and Evnine develops a detailed account of the existence and identity conditions of artifacts, and the origins of their functions, in terms of how they come into existence. This process is, in general terms, that they are made out of their initial matter by an agent acting with the intention to make an object of the given kind. Evnine extends the account to organisms, where evolution accomplishes what is effected by intentional making in the case of artifacts, and to actions, which are seen as artifactual events.
In the increasingly crowded field of the metaphysics of ordinary things, Simon J. Evnine has written a superb book. It is detailed, profound, and carefully argued, with extremely well-informed discussions of views that have a bearing on his own account. . . . The book is impressive in scope. . . . Anyone interested in a sophisticated and lucid investigation of a plethora of issues in contemporary metaphysics would benefit from Making Objects and Events. I recommend it highly.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Hylomorphism and Its Related Metaphysics
Some Contemporary Varieties of Hylomorphism
Artifacts: The Basic Metaphysics
Artifacts: Functions, ArtWorks, and Abstract Artifacts
Organisms
Natural Non-Organic Objects
Actions as Artifacts
Conclusion
