Single Idea 16617

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance]

Full Idea

Corpuscularian critics of scholasticism tend to think that only substances exist.

Gist of Idea

Corpuscularian critics of scholasticism say only substances exist

Source

Robert Pasnau (Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 [2011], 06.2)

Book Reference

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.105


A Reaction

Pasnau treats this as an extreme 17th C reaction which was hopelessly inadequate as metaphysics. We have been struggling with the nature of 'properties' ever since, while losing our grip on the concept of a unified 'substance'.