Review Essay on Faith and Science.

This review essay discusses recent Aristotelian interventions in the philosophy of science and biology, focusing on the recovery of formal and final causes. The essay examines four books that explore these topics, emphasizing the role of mathematics in each. One of the books argues that Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics is presupposed by scientific methods and various scientific disciplines. However, the reviewer questions the logical dependence between science and metaphysics proposed by the author and suggests that a different mode of mathematical modeling may offer a more comprehensive approach to understanding morphological change and form. Another book explores the reconciliation of Aristotelianism with emergentist approaches to science, particularly biology. The author argues for a dispositionalist metaphysics and critiques classical and dynamic emergence theories. While the book presents a comprehensive survey of relevant literature and offers a synthesis of ideas, it falls short in addressing conflicts between emergence and hylomorphism. Additionally, another book examines the tension between evolution and hylomorphism, proposing a neo-Aristotelian theory of biological natural kinds essentialism that incorporates dispositionalism. The author challenges the traditional understanding of eidos and explores the role of dispositional properties in ontogenesis and developmental pathways. The article discusses two books that explore the concept of final and formal causality in relation to evolution and biology from an Aristotelian perspective. The first book reconstructs teleology as an environment-sensitive energy that is not directed towards any specific instance or collection of gene expression. The second book aims to restore final [Extracted from the article]