{"product_id":"singleness-self-individuation-and-its-rejection-in-the-scholastic-debate-on-principles-of-individuation-paperback","title":"Singleness: Self-Individuation and Its Rejection in the Scholastic Debate on Principles of Individuation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichal Glowala\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (\u003ci\u003eprincipia individuationis\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e is what makes \u003ci\u003ex\u003c\/i\u003e individual (in various possible senses of 'making something individual'). The book argues against a \u003ci\u003eprima\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efacie\u003c\/i\u003e plausible view that everything that is individual is individual by itself and not by anything distinct from it (\u003ci\u003eStrong Self-Individuation Thesis\u003c\/i\u003e). 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 \u003ci\u003emateria signata\u003c\/i\u003e, Frege's \u003ci\u003eBegriff-Gegenstand \u003c\/i\u003edistinction, and Geach's form-function analogy developed in his writings on Aquinas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichal Glowala\u003c\/strong\u003e, Wroclaw University, Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 173\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50370613674221,"sku":"9783110611700","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/DLvjxhARLc9783110611700.webp?v=1785455774","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/singleness-self-individuation-and-its-rejection-in-the-scholastic-debate-on-principles-of-individuation-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}