The double lives of objects : an essay in the metaphysics of the ordinary world /
Thomas Sattig develops a novel philosophical picture of ordinary objects such as persons, tables, and trees. He carves a middle way between classical mereology and Aristotelian hylomorphism, and argues that objects lead double lives. They are compounds of matter and form, and each object's matt...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Thomas Sattig develops a novel philosophical picture of ordinary objects such as persons, tables, and trees. He carves a middle way between classical mereology and Aristotelian hylomorphism, and argues that objects lead double lives. They are compounds of matter and form, and each object's matter and form have different qualitative profiles. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199683017 0199683018 |