Philosophy of matter is the branch of philosophy concerned with issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology and character of matter and the material...

matter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Matter is the substance of which objects are made. Matter or Matters may also refer to: Matter (philosophy)...

ISBN 978-981-256-141-1. Bertrand Russell (1992). "The philosophy of matter". A Critical Exposition of the Philosophy of Leibniz (Reprint of 1937 2nd ed.). Routledge...

substance: matter and mind. According to this system, everything that is "matter" is deterministic and natural—and so belongs to natural philosophy—and everything...

Philosophy (φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence...

"wood, matter") and μορφή (morphē: "form"). Hylomorphic theories of physical entities have been undergoing a revival in contemporary philosophy. The Ancient...

 55 BC) reflects the mechanistic philosophy of Democritus and Epicurus. According to this view, all that exists is matter and void, and all phenomena result...

Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter...

Modern philosophy is philosophy developed in the modern era and associated with modernity. It is not a specific doctrine or school (and thus should not...

which govern lifeless matter. — "Mechanism" in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) The mechanical philosophy is a form of natural philosophy which compares the...