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Singleness Self-Individuation and Its Rejection in the Scholastic Debate on Principles of Individuation
The book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (principia individuationis). The point of departure is a general formulation of the problem of individuation acceptable for all the participants of the scholastic debate: a princ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2016
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| Edición: | 1. Auflage |
| Colección: | Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (principia individuationis). The point of departure is a general formulation of the problem of individuation acceptable for all the participants of the scholastic debate: a principle of individuation of x is what makes x individual (in various possible senses of 'making something individual'). The book argues against a prima facie plausible view that everything that is individual is individual by itself and not by anything distinct from it (Strong Self-Individuation Thesis). The keynote topic of the book is a detailed analysis of the two competing ways of rejecting the Strong Self-Individuation Thesis: the Scotistic and the Thomistic one. The book defends the latter one, discussing a number of issues concerning substantial and accidental forms, essences, properties, instantiation, the Thomistic notion of materia signata, Frege's Begriff-Gegenstand distinction, and Geach's form-function analogy developed in his writings on Aquinas. In the context of both the scholastic and contemporary metaphysics, the book offers a framework for dealing with issues of individuality and defends a Thomistic theory of individuation. |
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| Notas: | Lizenzpflichtig |
| Descripción Física: | Online-Ressource, 172 Seiten. |
| ISBN: | 9783110463019 3110463016 9783110463880 3110463881 9783110462951 3110462958 |