Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel: A Study in Scholasticism of the Baroque Era

320 Pages·2013·1.275 MB·English

by  Daniel D. Novotný

Ens rationis from Suárez to Caramuel

Medieval Philosophy
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Ens rationis from
Suárez to Caramuel
A Study in
Scholasticism of the
Baroque Era
Daniel D. NovotnÝ
Fordham University Press • New York • 2013
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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
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