Metaphysical themes, 1274-1689 / Robert Pasnau.

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Pasnau, Robert

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TextPublication details: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 796 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191501791
0191501794

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Metaphysical themes, 1274-1689.DDC classification:

110.9 22

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BD111 .P35 2011eb

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Introduction: Four centuries ; The metaphysics of substance ; Metaphysical parts -- Matter: Substratum ; Theories of prime matter ; Matter and extension ; Philosophiae perennes -- Substance: Subjects and substances ; The veiled subject ; Cartesian substances ; Lockean substances -- Accidents: Real accidents ; Inherence ; Categories ; Modes -- Extension: Quantity and extension ; Extension and impenetrability ; Mind and extension ; Location ; Entia successiva -- Quality: Real qualities ; Heresy and novelty ; Primary qualities ; Secondary qualities ; Powers and dispositions -- Unity and identity: Substantial form ; Unity and dualism ; Parts and wholes ; Real essences ; Permanence and corruption ; Identity over time ; Locke's nominal substances.

Summary: Robert Pasnau tells a continuous story about the development of philosophy from the late Middle Ages into the early modern era of the 17th century. The focus is questions in metaphysics concerning the nature of matter and the structure of the material world.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 741-782) and indexes.

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Robert Pasnau tells a continuous story about the development of philosophy from the late Middle Ages into the early modern era of the 17th century. The focus is questions in metaphysics concerning the nature of matter and the structure of the material world.

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