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Since the time of Locke and Descartes philosophy has tried to confine itself to inquiries about knowledge, leaving the realm of physical, empirical reality to the natural sciences. Richard J. Connell argues that certain fundamental parts of philosophy must deal with physical things because the natural sciences cannot make complete sense of the world of nature by themselves. Drawing insight from Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas while using current terminology, Connell discusses existence, nature, and multiplicity of natural substances.
"There is no ordinary treatment of a clasical medieval topic within a purely scholastic context. Connell does explain the traditional notion of substance thoroughly—and superbly—but with a realization throughout that the challenges of modern philosophy and the empirical sciences must be given a respectful hearing and be fully taken into acccount if this important notion is again to be taken seriously." —Mark F. Griesbach, Marquette University
"Connell's unassuming Aristotelian style and abundant references and liaisons with modern science should assure a wide audience." —Review of Metaphysics
"Connell's work demands attention because of its focussing on the way in which living and non-living substances may be seen to vary." —Angelicum
Richard J. Connell (1922–2014) was Professor of Philosophy at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, and the author of Matter and Becoming, Logial Analysis: An Introduction to Systematic Learning, and The Empirical Intelligence.