Thursday, February 6, 2020

Matter and Sub-Atomic Particles

As has been previously discussed, within a limited context, Material Causality can be interpreted as a dynamic process.  However, in an unlimited context, it still seems passive, ultimately determinable by Formal Causality, e. g. the transposition of paint from palette to canvas, the transformation of ore into raw metal, etc.  Regardless, recent studies of Matter confirm that it is inherently dynamic, and in a dynamic relation with Formal Causality.  For, it is now known that sub-atomic Matter is constituted by electromagnetic relations, some of which are stabilized, others of which are not.  Accordingly, in any interaction with an Aristotelian Formal Cause, an Aristotelean Material Cause is not passive, but dynamic, and exerts Force back, even clay against a hand that is shaping it. Thus, there is no inherent distinction between Formal Causality and Material Causality based on an active-passive distinction. If there is such a distinction, it can only be on the basis of a Unity-Multiplicity distinction.

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