Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel: A Study in Scholasticism of the Baroque Era PDF
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Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel Medieval Philosophy Texts and Studies Series Editor Gyula Klima Fordham University Editorial Board Richard Cross Brian Davies Peter King Brian Leftow John Marenbon Robert Pasnau Giorgio Pini Richard Taylor Jack Zupko Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel A Study in Scholasticism of the Baroque Era Daniel D. NovotnÝ Fordham University Press • New York • 2013 Copyright © 2013 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other— except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the per sis tence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Novotný, Daniel. Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel : a study in scholasticism of the Baroque Era / Daniel D. Novotný — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Medieval philosophy) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978- 0- 8232- 4476- 8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Suárez, Francisco, 1548– 1617. De entibus rationis. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Ontology. I. Title. BD111.N68 2013 111—dc23 2012031309 Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 First edition Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi 1 Scholasticism of the Baroque Era 1 2 Problems Posed by Beings of Reason 23 3 Suárez’s Objectualism: The Nature of Beings of Reason 36 4 Suárez’s Objectualism: The Causes of Beings of Reason 58 5 Suárez’s Objectualism: The Division of Beings of Reason 80 6 Hurtado’s Fallibilism 111 7 Mastri/Belluto’s Modifi ed Objectualism 138 8 Caramuel’s Linguistic Eliminativism 164 Conclusion: Lessons from the History of Philosophy 180 Appendix: Outlines of the Treatises 185 Notes 193 Bibliography 271 Index 291 Illustrations 2.1 Scholastic super-categories 24 3.1 Argument map of section 1 of Disputation 54 45 3.2 Analogy of proportionality: smiling meadow 56 3.3 Analogy of proportionality: existing objects of reason 56 4.1 Argument map of section 2 of Disputation 54 59 5.1 Suárez’s division of beings of reason 84 5.2 Suárez’s ontology of beings/nonbeings 104 ix
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