PHIL249 Study Guide - Quiddity, Freckle, Averroes

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Philosophy at St Joseph's College
• Course: PHIL249
• Professor: Matthew Kostelecky

Document Summary

First conceived means absolute reference back to the rst condition for conceiving of anything. Questions: how does second intention exist? does it exist? these go back to porphyry"s questions he doesn"t treat. Ask yourself whether you think aquinas makes being and essence distinct. From one another: is it a real distinction or just conceptual? intentionality - a historical take. Phenomenology: in the 19th century & 20th century: bretano, husserl, and heidegger. He wanted to talk about the way the mind is constituted when it has objects of knowledge. Glossary: and everything from above ^ ie the most important terms: being, essence, intention we need to sh out the relation between: Nature | quiddity | definition, in explaining essence. In order ot understand essence we will have to understand nature, quiddity, and de nition. Being qua being has two senses: 10 categories, truth of a proposition: s is p. So nature and quiddity are the synonymous, more or less.