Michele Paolini Paoletti
Biographic Data
| ID | 1313273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Paolini Paoletti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele Paolini |
| FAMILY NAME | Paoletti |
| SIGNATURE | PAOLETTI M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Macerata |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7278-2281 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Literary Interpretation
Life is strongly emergent
In this article, I argue that life is a strongly emergent phenomenon. For the project of drawing a real distinction between living and non‐living beings cannot but appeal to strongly emergent powers. First, I introduce some features whose possession is typically taken to be sufficient for possessing life, i.e., Life‐Sufficient Features (or LS‐Features). I also clarify what I mean by “strongly emergent powers”. And I fully develop and illustrate m…
Aquinas and the Varieties of Dependence
I shall single out the RD-relations that may contribute to accounting for Aquinas' theses and the features of such relations.Thirdly and finally, within this framework, I shall motivate the priority of final causes over the other causes and I shall account for the dependence relations between matter and form by appealing to a powers metaphysics.This will (partly) set me apart from Aquinas' own views.In Section 1 I shall introduce metaontological …
An experimental study on the ontology of relations
Bare Particulars, Modes, and the Varieties of Dependence
A Brighter Shade of Categoricalism
Masks, Interferers, Finks, and Mimickers
Masks, interferers, finks, reverse finks, and mimickers are troublesome for powers metaphysics insofar as the latter concedes that there are powers with essential stimuli/activation conditions. In this article, I aim at offering a novel approach for solving this problem. In Section 1, I shall present the problem; and in Section 2, I shall briefly show how it also arises within non‐reductive views of powers. Subsequently, in Section 3, I shall exa…
Emergence and structural properties
Structures as relations
Introduction to the special issue on form, structure and hylomorphism
Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation
From Falsemakers to Negative Properties
I shall argue in this article that, if we need to admit of negative facts in our ontology as falsemakers of false propositions (as I try to demonstrate in a 2014 article by a falsemaker argument), then it is plausible to accept that there are also negative properties conceived of as modes. After having briefly recalled the falsemaker argument, I shall explore five different alternative interpretations of negative facts and I shall demonstrate tha…
Materialismo e fisicalismo
Materialismo e fisicalismo
Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives on Downward Causation
From Falsemakers to Negative Properties
I shall argue in this article that, if we need to admit of negative facts in our ontology as falsemakers of false propositions (as I try to demonstrate in a 2014 article by a falsemaker argument), then it is plausible to accept that there are also negative properties conceived of as modes. After having briefly recalled the falsemaker argument, I shall explore five different alternative interpretations of negative facts and I shall demonstrate tha…
Masks, Interferers, Finks, and Mimickers
Masks, interferers, finks, reverse finks, and mimickers are troublesome for powers metaphysics insofar as the latter concedes that there are powers with essential stimuli/activation conditions. In this article, I aim at offering a novel approach for solving this problem. In Section 1, I shall present the problem; and in Section 2, I shall briefly show how it also arises within non‐reductive views of powers. Subsequently, in Section 3, I shall exa…
Emergence and structural properties
Structures as relations
Introduction to the special issue on form, structure and hylomorphism
A Brighter Shade of Categoricalism
Bare Particulars, Modes, and the Varieties of Dependence
Life is strongly emergent
In this article, I argue that life is a strongly emergent phenomenon. For the project of drawing a real distinction between living and non‐living beings cannot but appeal to strongly emergent powers. First, I introduce some features whose possession is typically taken to be sufficient for possessing life, i.e., Life‐Sufficient Features (or LS‐Features). I also clarify what I mean by “strongly emergent powers”. And I fully develop and illustrate m…
Aquinas and the Varieties of Dependence
I shall single out the RD-relations that may contribute to accounting for Aquinas' theses and the features of such relations.Thirdly and finally, within this framework, I shall motivate the priority of final causes over the other causes and I shall account for the dependence relations between matter and form by appealing to a powers metaphysics.This will (partly) set me apart from Aquinas' own views.In Section 1 I shall introduce metaontological …
An experimental study on the ontology of relations
Literary Interpretation
Epistemology (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ontology (4 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (4 works) · Philosophy of language (4 works) · Philosophy of science (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works)