Cordemoy's distinction anticipates the Leibnizian demand that genuine substances must be simple, showing the conflation produces metaphysical incoherence within Cartesianism itself.
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anticipates(describing how Collingwood's early question-and-answer method hints at his later metaphysics)
In philosophy, this means an earlier idea or theory foreshadows or contains the beginnings of a later, more developed idea.
distinction(One of the two components of Arendtian plurality)
The aspect of plurality by which no two human beings are ever interchangeable, each being endowed with a unique biography and perspective on the world
genuine substances(what philosophers debate as truly real)
In philosophy, things that truly exist independently and aren't just combinations of other things—they're fundamental building blocks of reality.
metaphysical incoherence(a deeper problem about existence itself)
When something is logically impossible about the actual nature of reality itself—not just in how we talk about it.
simple(Marks the terminus of definitional and causal regress)
An entity that cannot be further broken down into constituents; for simples, the thing and its quiddity are identical, and 'X is' cannot be unpacked into a judgment with distinct subject and predicate, so there is no further definitional or causal inquiry