Staunch Transubstantiation and the Metaphysics of Middle-Sized Things
A Reply to Howard Robinson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21245053 |
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| Authors | Robert C Koons (0000-0001-8555-1482, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-194 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scientia et Fides (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2353-5636 • E-ISSN: 2300-7648 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12775/setf.2025.021 |
| OpenAlex | W4415787872 |
| Language | EN |
An Aristotelian natural philosophy, with its account of substantial form as the organizing and unifying principle of all substances, including living human beings, is essential to a coherent and theologically accurate formulation of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. I demonstrate this fact by considering a recent proposal by Howard Robinson, which attempts to re-formulate the doctrine within a Cartesian or substance dualist framework. Robinson’s proposal cannot explain the presence of the sensible qualities of the bread and wine, nor the presence of Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity, as requird by the Council of Trent
Doctrine · Metaphysics · Natural law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Reformed Theology and Governance · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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