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Single Idea 22148
[filed under theme 9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Full Idea
The Modal distinction is when A is not B or a property of B, but still could not possibly exist without B.
Gist of Idea
Modal distinction: A isn't B or its property, but still needs B
Source
report of Francisco Suárez (Disputationes metaphysicae [1597], Bk VII) by Stephen Boulter - Why Medieval Philosophy Matters 4
Book Ref
Boulter,Stephen: 'Why Medieval Philosophy Matters' [Bloomsbury 2019], p.100
A Reaction
Duns Scotus proposed in, Ockham rejected it, but Suarez supports it. Suarez proposes that light's dependence on the Sun is distinct from the light itself, in this 'modal' way.
The
16 ideas
from 'Disputationes metaphysicae'
16667
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Substances are incomplete unless they have modes
[Suárez, by Pasnau]
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17007
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Forms must rule over faculties and accidents, and are the source of action and unity
[Suárez]
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16780
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Partial forms of leaf and fruit are united in the whole form of the tree
[Suárez]
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16758
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The best support for substantial forms is the co-ordinated unity of a natural being
[Suárez]
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16682
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Other things could occupy the same location as an angel
[Suárez]
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16743
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We can get at the essential nature of 'quantity' by knowing bulk and extension
[Suárez]
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16742
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We only know essences through non-essential features, esp. those closest to the essence
[Suárez]
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16665
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There are entities, and then positive 'modes', modifying aspects outside the thing's essence
[Suárez]
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16666
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A mode determines the state and character of a quantity, without adding to it
[Suárez]
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22143
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Identity does not exclude possible or imagined difference
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22144
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Real Essential distinction: A and B are of different natural kinds
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22146
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Minor Real distinction: B needs A, but A doesn't need B
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22145
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Major Real distinction: A and B have independent existences
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22147
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Conceptual/Mental distinction: one thing can be conceived of in two different ways
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22148
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Modal distinction: A isn't B or its property, but still needs B
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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22149
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Scholastics assess possibility by what has actually happened in reality
[Suárez, by Boulter]
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