1. The Fall and Rise of Hylomorphism; 2. Modern Hylomorphisms; 3. What Physics means for Hylomorphism; 4. What Hylomorphism means for Biology; 5. Concluding Remarks; References.
This Element adapts Aristotle's ancient doctrine of hylomorphism for contemporary philosophy of biology to explain the unity of living organisms.
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