Resumen de Form, matter and nominalism (or what is in a name): : comments on Robert Pasnau�s �Metaphysical Themes�
Prof. Pasnau�s remarkable book offers an exciting integration of medieval and early modern philosophy. It begins, however, in mediis rebus and so downplays the role that a particularly Nominalist tradition plays in explaining the abandonment of substantial form rise of the mechanical philosophy. This paper attempts to sketch some of that role.
