Keywords
ser en potencia
materia activa
continuo
campo físico
campo de individuación
prehensión Comprehensive naturalism
Being-‐‑in-‐‑potency
Active matter
pregnancia
Pregnancy
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Abstract
This is a contribution to a new doctrine I have called a rethought comprehensive naturalism. The essay is oriented by these four theses: (I) Being-‐‑in-‐‑potency is essential to the explanatory power of this doctrine because of its key function in understanding the continuity of the causal process which generates beings. (II) Only exists in potency what will be in act. (III) The modern notion of field is appropriate to reinterpret the concept of being-‐‑in-‐‑potency. Lastly (IV) there are several, more or less conscious, contemporary attempts at reinterpreting being-‐‑in-‐‑potency which bear witness to its indispensability.
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