Single Idea 12254

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being]

Full Idea

Being is heterogeneous: there is substantial being, accidental being, complete being, incomplete being, necessary being, contingent being, possible being, absolute being, relative being, intrinsic being, extrinsic being, and so on.

Gist of Idea

Being is substantial/accidental, complete/incomplete, necessary/contingent, possible, relative, intrinsic..

Source

David S. Oderberg (Real Essentialism [2007], 5.3)

Book Reference

Oderberg,David S.: 'Real Essentialism' [Routledge 2009], p.107


A Reaction

Dependent being? Oderberg is giving the modern scholastic view. Personally I take 'being' to be univocal, even if it can be qualified in all sorts of ways. I don't believe we actually have any grasp at all of different ways to exist.