Naturalistic Problems with Substance

作者: Andrew M. Winters

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67570-1_4

关键词: Quantum field theoryNatural scienceNaturalismPhysicsEpistemology

摘要: This chapter argues that a neo-Aristotelian account of substance faces challenges from the natural sciences. I consider Lowe’s substances as being categorized either material bodies or living organisms. To assess these two categories substances, developments physics (esp., quantum field theory), and biology evolutionary extended synthesis).