inherence
- noun
- /ɪnˈhɪərəns/
- Formal
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inherencia
- 24. Unlike Aquinas, then, Suarez seems to treat objective presence in the intellect as a bit more than just the inherence of forms that generates formal identity.
- subject of inherence
Examples
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Nothing in these items is detachable from any "instantiations," and perceiving them requires neither abstraction nor formal inherence in the intellect.
Academic text (1996) -
(n7) "Aura," from the Greek, literally means a "breeze" or "breath" (OED 1982:565), and is extended to refer to the inherence of power and presence within a work of art (Freedberg 1989).
Academic text (2002) -
The distinction between matter and extension, Des Bosses explains, is that between a primary subject of inherence and a secondary subject of inherence.
Academic text (2016) -
A primary subject of inherence is, in traditional Thomism, prime matter that is devoid of all form.
Academic text (2016) -
The distinction between matter and extension, Des Bosses explains, is that between a primary subject of inherence and a secondary subject of inherence.
Academic text (2016) -
A secondary subject of inherence is extension, which inheres in prime matter and serves as a subject of inherence for other modes (color, for instance).
Academic text (2016) -
A secondary subject of inherence is extension, which inheres in prime matter and serves as a subject of inherence for other modes (color, for instance).
Academic text (2016) -
An important nuance should be stressed: images of the Saint are produced rather than reproduced, and they present rather than represent, for each time an artist creates an image (and many state that Bamba guides their hands as they do), an "inherence" of the saint as experienced through his baraka results, to borrow a term from David Freedberg (1989).
Academic text (2002) -
The inherence of color in objects is what allows us to perceive their beauty.
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In philosophy, inherence describes how certain properties are essential to the nature of an object.
Synonyms
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A quality or spirit that is present in the world and in things
A quality that is always part of something and cannot be removed
Being present inside something rather than outside it
The fact of existing as a quality inside something
How Inherent
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6.7
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inherence comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and haerere 'to stick', the same idea you see in the English word adhere. So inherence is a quality that 'sticks in' something and is an essential part of it.