Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents an attempt to reconstruct a neo-Aristotelian hylomorphic model within the framework of A. I. Uyomov’s systems metaphysics. By correlating the classical Aristotelian four causes with Uyomov’s systems descriptors (concept, structure, and substrate), the paper develops a symmetrical analysis of both classical and systemic hylomorphism. This approach allows for the clarification of several problematic aspects of the traditional model, particularly concerning the logical and ontological order of causes, the minimal required set of causes, and the problem of reducibility of certain causes to others. The second part of the paper focuses on the formalization of metaphysical dependence between system components using first-order modal logic of type FOLS5. This enables an interpretation of Uyomov’s hylomorphism as a specific hierarchy of ontological dependencies, wherein a system is conceived as an ordered whole grounded in a functional conceptual core. The proposed approach reveals the compatibility of Uyomov’s model with key themes in contemporary analytic metaphysics, particularly in the context of ontological dependence, grounding, structural realism, and modal metaphysics. Furthermore, the formal analysis of metaphysical relations between system descriptors opens the way for a purely logical investigation of the philosophical foundations of the systems approach.
Source: Doxa
Author: Dmitriy Lyashenko
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411620206