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Full Idea
Hylomorphists tend to agree that the form (rather than matter) explains 1) kind membership, 2) structure, 3) unity, 4) characteristic activities.
Gist of Idea
The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity
Source
Kathrin Koslicki (Form, Matter and Substance [2018], 3.2.1)
Book Ref
Koslicki,Kathrin: 'Form, Matter and Substance' [OUP 2018], p.63
A Reaction
[compressed; she explains each of them] Personally I would add continuity through change (statue/clay). Glad to see that kind membership is not part of the form. And what about explaining observed properties? Does form=essence?
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Idea 24067 Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki]