Description du projet DEENESFRITPL La métaphysique aristotélicienne de nos jours La causalité joue un rôle central dans de nombreux domaines de la science. La causalité formelle aristotélicienne, longtemps négligée, offre d’importantes ressources conceptuelles aux nombreux domaines de la philosophie des sciences: philosophie de la physique, de la chimie, de la biologie, et bien au-delà. La causalité formelle devrait fournir les caractéristiques uniques des explications basées sur le genre à la philosophie des sciences ainsi qu’à la métaphysique. À ce titre, la théorie de la causalité formelle développée dans le cadre du projet Formal Causation I (financé par la Fondation allemande pour la recherche) valide l’applicabilité de la causalité formelle à la métaphysique et à la philosophie des sciences contemporaines. Le projet FCRE, financé par l’UE, mènera une étude axée sur les relations avec les rivaux et extensions possibles et établira la causalité formelle en tant que type d’explication métaphysique. Afficher les objectifs du projet Masquer les objectifs du projet Objectif Causation is a basic feature of the structure of nature and thus in the centre of much research. Hitherto, however, the distinctive role and applicability of formal causation has been underappreciated. Formal causation is at play whenever a thing has a certain essential property because it is of a certain kind. E.g. that a particle has negative charge because it is an electron. Such kind-based explanations are ubiquitous across the sciences, and references to kinds are often indispensable. More controversially, such kind-based explanations point towards a specific variant of causation. During Formal Causation I (funded by DFG), I developed a mature theory of formal causation that would justify its applicability to contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. (1) I reconstructed Aristotle’s account, especially the non-hylomorphic variant with fewer ontological commitments found in his Posterior Analytics. (2) I applied the account of formal causation to topics of contemporary interest. Especially, (i) developed the non-modal account of essence such that it is able to deal with exceptions, (ii) discovered that in a case of formal causation the form is a full immediate ground, (iii) defended an account of laws of nature. Further work remains, both on the relation to possible rivals of formal causation, and on extensions. This project will investigate (1) Aristotle’s originally intended scope of the formal cause and his thoughts on the relations between the four causes distinguished by him; (2) the application of formal causation to occurrent entities like processes and events; (3) whether hylomorphic compounds can be thought of as mereological compounds of different parts, and if so what the relation to formal causation is; (4) whether formal causation should be thought of as a variety of downward causation and relate this to the debate about mechanistic explanations; and (5) formal causation as a type of metaphysical explanation. Champ scientifique humanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophymetaphysicssocial scienceslaw Mots‑clés Aristotle Form Causation Essence Occurrants Processes Hylomorphism Downward causation New mechanists Metaphysical explanation Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Thème(s) MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships Appel à propositions H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinateur THE UNIVERSITY OF READING Contribution nette de l'UE € 212 933,76 Adresse WHITEKNIGHTS CAMPUS WHITEKNIGHTS HOUSE RG6 6AH Reading Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 212 933,76
