Thomas Aquinas on the Metaphysics of the Human Act

ISBN-13: 9781108986533 / Miękka / 2023 / 239 str.

Can Laurens Loewe

Opis

This book argues that, for Aquinas, a human act exhibits a structure analogous to that of a material object.

Recenzje

This book is an important contribution from a rising scholar who is already making his mark.  Historically well-researched and philosophically incisive, Löwe's account of Act Hylomorphism opens up rich new avenues for considering Aquinas's action theory and will surely become indispensable reading. Thérèse Cory, University of Notre Dame

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The General Framework: 1. What is a Human Act?; Part II. Choice Hylomorphism: 2. Practical Judgment; 3. The Judgment of Choice; 4. Volition and its Dependence on Judgment; 5. Choice: Its Intrinsic and its Extrinsic Form; Part III. Act Hylomorphism: 6. The Hylomorphic Structure of the Human Act; 7. The Ontology of Bodily Human Acts; 8. The Ontology of Mental Human Acts; 9. Aquinas's Act Hylomorphism Today; Appendix. Judgment and Composition and Division.