Unity and Plurality in Joint Manifestations of Powers





Unity and Plurality in Joint Manifestations of Powers: A Scholastic Approach

• Type	Journal Article
  Author	Michał Głowala
  Rights	© 2015 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2015 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  Volume	71
  Issue	4
  Pages	873-894
  Publication	Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia
  ISSN	0870-5283; 2183-461X
  Date	2015
  DOI	10.17990/rpf/2015_71_4_0873
  Language	English
  Abstract	Resumo: Apresentamos uma explicação da manifestação mútua de poderes, inspirada no terceiro livro da Física de Aristóteles e no pensamento Escolástico. Concentramo-nos nas questões da unidade (da suposta manifestação comum entre distintos poderes) e da pluralidade (de suas alegadas contribuições diferentes). Começamos por expor o problema da metafísica dos poderes, bem como as suas principais soluções, tal como se encontram na metafísica contemporânea e na FísicaAristotélica, e ensaiar um enquadramento metafísico inspirado em excertos da Física, confrontando-o com a recente proposta de Anna Marmodoro. O nosso principal objectivo é aplicar este enquadramento, às questões da unidade e da pluralidade em manifestações mútuas, confrontando as minhas teses com perspectivas contemporâneas (Martin, Heil, Marmodoro) e com perspectivas escolásticas (São Tomás de Aquino, Duns Escoto, João de São Tomás). Por fim, precisamos o sentido segundo o qual (i) existe uma única manifestação de poderes distintos e, (ii) existe uma distinção real entre as contribuições de poderes distintos.  Palavras-chave: acção, actualidade, manifestação dos poderes, metafísica dos poderes  Abstract: I present an account of mutual manifestation of powers inspired by Aristotle’s Physics III and some scholastic debates concerning it. I focus on the issues of unity (of the allegedly common manifestation of distinct powers) and plurality (of their allegedly distinct contributions). First I sketch the problem and its main solutions in the contemporary metaphysics of powers as well as in Physics III, and a metaphysical framework inspired by the Physics passages, confronting it with a recent proposal of Anna Marmodoro. My main aim is to apply this framework to the issues of unity and plurality in mutual manifestations, confronting my claims both with contemporary standpoints (Martin, Heil, Marmodoro) and with scholastic ones (Aquinas, Duns Scotus, John of St. Thomas). I specify the sense in which (i) there is a single manifestation of distinct powers, and (ii) there is a real distinction between the contributions of distinct powers.  Keywords: action, actuality, manifestation of powers, metaphysics of powers
  Date Added	28/07/2015, 12:02:28
  Modified	10/12/2015, 15:44:38

  Tags:

  • Action
  • actuality
  • manifestation of powers
  • metaphysics of powers
  • scholastic interpretations of Aristotle

  Notes:

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