Erik Åkerlund
Biographic Data
| ID | 9532996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Åkerlund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Åkerlund |
| SIGNATURE | ÅKERLUND E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Newman Institute, 753 09 Uppsala, Sweden |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1904-6485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Ontology of Artifacts in the Long Middle Ages: An Introduction
What is an artifact [...]
Chrysostom Javellus and Francis Silvestri on Final Causation
For many areas of philosophy, we lack an understanding of their developments between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. One such area is the development of the notion of final causation. The rejection of final causation is often described as one of the distinguishing hallmarks of so called Early Modern philosophy in relation to the Scholastic philosophical tradition. Our lack of understanding of the development of this notion in philosophy…
Suárez’ Minimal Realism of Artifacts
The article places Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) and his position on the ontological status of artifacts against the Medieval philosophical background. It is concluded that Suárez is an artifact realist. However, Suárez’ realism concerning artifacts is of a minimalist kind. Inscribing himself into the realist tradition, Suárez affirms that an artifact has an “artificial form”, a ‘forma artificialis’. However, this form is not a thing in its own ri…
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Suárez’ Minimal Realism of Artifacts
The article places Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) and his position on the ontological status of artifacts against the Medieval philosophical background. It is concluded that Suárez is an artifact realist. However, Suárez’ realism concerning artifacts is of a minimalist kind. Inscribing himself into the realist tradition, Suárez affirms that an artifact has an “artificial form”, a ‘forma artificialis’. However, this form is not a thing in its own ri…
The Ontology of Artifacts in the Long Middle Ages: An Introduction
What is an artifact [...]
Chrysostom Javellus and Francis Silvestri on Final Causation
For many areas of philosophy, we lack an understanding of their developments between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. One such area is the development of the notion of final causation. The rejection of final causation is often described as one of the distinguishing hallmarks of so called Early Modern philosophy in relation to the Scholastic philosophical tradition. Our lack of understanding of the development of this notion in philosophy…
Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (2 works) · Causation (1 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (1 works) · History (1 works)