{"product_id":"the-singular-voice-of-being-9780823284573","title":"The Singular Voice of Being","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconsiders John Duns Scotus’s theory of the univocity of being in connection to his conception of ultimate difference. Develops a systematic account of ultimate difference from disparate discussions throughout his corpus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eList of Abbreviation \u003c\/b\u003e\/ ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Solomon’s Difficulty\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 1\u003cbr\u003e Prologue, 1 • To Cut Being at Its Joints, 1 • The Inadequacy\u003cbr\u003e of Thought and Language, 4 • Vain Repetition and the Division\u003cbr\u003e of Being, 8 • On What Follows, 10 • On Why It Matters, 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. Being and Ultimate Difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Being Is Said in Many Ways\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 17\u003cbr\u003e Univocity, Equivocity, Analogy, 17 • Univocity of Being, 23 •\u003cbr\u003e Aquinas and Henry on Analogy, 29 • Why Univocity?, 33 •\u003cbr\u003e Thales’s Mistake, 38\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. The Real Concept of Being\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 41\u003cbr\u003e Real Concepts, 41 • Transcendental Quid and Quale, 47 •\u003cbr\u003e The Double Primacy of Being, 50 • How Does Scotus Solve\u003cbr\u003e the Problems of Univocity?, 53 • Putting the World Back\u003cbr\u003e Together Too Soon, 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. Ultimate Difference \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 61\u003cbr\u003e Ultimate Differences, 62 • Extracategorial Difference, 67 •\u003cbr\u003e Th e Real Basis of Ultimately Differential Concepts, 69 •\u003cbr\u003e Th e Ground of Primary Diversity, 70 • \u003cbr\u003e Termination of Quidditative Orders, 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. Regions of Ultimate Difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. The First Cut—The Intrinsic Modes of Being\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 93\u003cbr\u003e Intrinsic Modes and the Modal Distinction, 93 • The Intrinsic Modes\u003cbr\u003e of Being, 95 • Transcendental Magnitude, 98 • Infinite and Finite\u003cbr\u003e Magnitudes, 100 • Nonadditive Intensity, 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. Ultimate Specific Differences\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 120\u003cbr\u003e The Formal Distinction, 120 • Ultimate versus Nonultimate Specific\u003cbr\u003e Differences, 124 • Scotus’s Innovation, 131 • Real Community Prior to\u003cbr\u003e the One and Many, 139 • A Dust Cloud of Differences?, 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6. Haecceitas, or Naked Singularity\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 150\u003cbr\u003e What Must Individuation Explain?, 151 • Matter as the Principle\u003cbr\u003e of Individuation, 153 • What Else Is (Not) the Principle of\u003cbr\u003e Individuation?, 157 • Haecceitas as Ultimate Individual Difference,\u003cbr\u003e 165 • The Threefold Comparison to Ultimate Specific Differences,\u003cbr\u003e 168 • Bare Particularity versus Naked Singularity, 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion: I Wouldn’t Know Him from Adam\u003c\/b\u003e \/ 181\u003cbr\u003e The Intelligibility of Singulars, 182 • Singular Volitions, 187 •\u003cbr\u003e Postscript, 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 193\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotes \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex \u003c\/b\u003e\/ 263\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406156538199,"sku":"9780823284573","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-singular-voice-of-being-9780823284573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}