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Suárez on Material Substance. Reification of Intrinsic Principles and the Unity of Material Composites

(Original title: Suárez on Material Substance. Reification of Intrinsic Principles and the Unity of Material Composites)
Organon F, 2008, vol. 15, No 4, pp. 423-438.
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Abstract

In this paper I present Suárez’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 Suárez significantly prepared the way for the accession of Cartesian anthropological dualism. The second one is Suárez’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 Suárez’s hylemorphism. In the second part of the paper the relevance of Suárez’s arguments to contemporary debates on the ontological constitution of individuals is presented.

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