In Measuring the Immeasurable Mind: Where Contemporary Neuroscience Meets the
Aristotelian Tradition, Matthew Owen argues that despite its nonphysical character, it is …

The principle of proportionate causality is often cited as a cause for concern that Thomistic
metaphysics may be irreconcilable with a theory of biological evolution. St. Thomas does …

(§ 4) I introduce some possible points of disagreement between these two positions
pertaining to hylomorphism's substance-attribute ontology, emergence, downward …

Neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) are neural states or processes correlated with
consciousness. The aim of this article is to present a coherent explanatory model of NCC …

A leading contemporary theory of consciousness in theoretical neuroscience apparently
shares significant common ground with a philosophical system of thought from Antiquity …

The causal pairing problem allegedly renders nonphysical minds causally impotent. This
article demonstrates how a dualist view I call neo-Thomistic hylomorphism can …

One of the greatest metaphysical insights that Aristotle contributed to the history of
philosophy is that objects may be partitioned in two ways: into parts and into abstracta. The …

A plum tree without snow does not shine forth; Snow, without poetry, is overly common; At
sunset, a poem finished, heaven again brings snow; Together with the plum trees, spring is …

It is now standard to interpret Aquinas as recognizing two main types of material objects:
substances and artifacts, where substances are those material objects that result from some …

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