SUAREZ ON MATERIAL SUBSTANCE. REIFICATION OF INTRINSIC PRINCIPLES AND THE UNITY OF MATERIAL COMPOSITES

• Authors: Heider D.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the author presents Suarez's conception on material substance in connection with two main aspects of his theory. The first aspect is 'reification' of the intrinsic principles of a composite, which has led some interpreters to the claim that Suarez significantly prepared the way for the accession of Cartesian anthropological dualism. The second one is Suarez's emphasis on the substantial unity of material composites. The analysis of the second aspect is conceived as a counterbalance to some uncharitable interpretations of Suarez's hylemorphism. In the second part of the paper the relevance of Suarez's arguments to the contemporary debates on the ontological constitution of individuals is presented.

Keywords

EN

MATERIAL SUBSTANCE; REIFICATION OF COMPOSITE; SUAREZ F.; SUBSTANTIAL UNITY

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 423-438
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Heider D.

• D. Heider, for postal address contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA05357