{"product_id":"singleness","title":"Singleness","description":"\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","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335356784984,"sku":"9783110462951","price":114.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110462951_d725f5ac-c311-4e8c-b7ab-44de1b1e4e91.jpg?v=1780041667","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/singleness","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}