IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1134: Matter in the Natural Philosophy of Albertus Magnus
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | International Albertus Magnus Society (IAMS) |
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Organiser: | Franklin T. Harkins, Department of Theology & Religion, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Irven Resnick, Department of Philosophy & Religion, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |
Paper 1134-a | Is the Female Embryo a Proper Human?: Albertus Magnus's Natural Philosophy between the Universal and the Singular (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Philosophy |
Paper 1134-b | Albertus Magnus on Providence and Its Workings in Nature: The Case of Plants (Language: English) Index terms: Philosophy, Science, Theology |
Abstract | This session, sponsored by the International Albertus Magnus Society, seeks to investigate various aspects of Albertus's understanding of matter in the broad context of his natural philosophy, including matter and the generation of forms, matter vis-a-vis the universal and the particular, and the role of matter in change and mutation. |