Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science

William M.R. Simpson is Research Associate at the University of St Andrews, UK and a postgraduate student of philosophy at the University of Cambridge, UK. He was formerly a Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics at The Weizmann Institute, Israel.Robert C. Koons is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.Nicholas J. Teh is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He was formerly a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK.

• Foreword John HaldaneIntroduction: Reflections on Contemporary Science and the New Aristotelianism Robert C. Koons, William M. R. Simpson and Nicholas J. TehPart 1 : The Philosophy of Physics1. Dodging the Fundamentalist Threat Xavi Lanao and Nicholas J. Teh2. Actuality, Potentiality, and Relativity's Block Universe Edward Feser3. The Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: A Hylomorphic Critique and Alternative Robert C. Koons4. A Traveling Forms Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Alexander Pruss5. Half-baked Humeanism William M. R. Simpson6. Disentangling Nature’s Joints Tuomas Tahko Part 2: The Philosophy of the Life Sciences7. Structural Powers and the Homeodynamic Unity of the Organism Christopher Austin & Anna Marmodoro8. A Biologically Informed Hylomorphism Christopher Austin9. The Great Unifier: Form and the Unity of the Organism David Oderberg10. Action, Animacy, and Substance Causation Janice Chik11. Psychology Without a Mental-Physical Dichotomy William Jaworski12. Hylomorphism and the New Mechanist Philosophy in Biology, Neuroscience, and Psychology Daniel De Haan

"The level of scholarship throughout is of the highest caliber . . . Those committed to an Aristotelian view of the world need not set themselves at odds with modern science. On the contrary, a compelling case can be made—as the contributors to this anthology convincingly show—that an Aristotelian perspective on modern science is needed now more than ever. Summing Up: Highly recommended." – CHOICE