Substanz, Grundbegriff der Metaphysik

English summary: The concept of substance determines the real, i.e. that which exists independently, or the ontological conditions of independence. The author investigates Aristotle's relation of substance and accident, the relation of substance and substance (Descartes) and finally the relation of substance, relation and relation (Leibniz). Without the ontological function of substance, processes of growth, the preservation of the species, the identity of the human being and the...
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English summary: The concept of substance determines the real, i.e. that which exists independently, or the ontological conditions of independence. The author investigates Aristotle's relation of substance and accident, the relation of substance and substance (Descartes) and finally the relation of substance, relation and relation (Leibniz). Without the ontological function of substance, processes of growth, the preservation of the species, the identity of the human being and the formation of social entities could not be understood. German description: Der Substanzbegriff bestimmt das wahrhaft, d. h. eigenstandig Seiende oder die ontologischen Bedingungen der Selbstandigkeit. Er bewegt sich von der Substanz-Akzidens-Relation bei Aristoteles uber die Substanz-Substanz-Relation bei Descartes zur Substanz-Relation-Relation bei Leibniz. Ohne die ontologische Funktion der Substanz lassen sich etwa Wachstumsprozesse, die Erhaltung der Arten, die Identitat von Personen und die Bildung gesellschaftlicher Einheiten nicht verstehen.