Spiritual substantial being within the body (in the terms of Conrad-Martius: hypokeimenal pneumatic being); the one, irreducible, proto-phenomenal form of reality (German) of human personhood. The fundamental form of reality is the central concept of personal ontology: it designates the one being of the person, which unfolds in three dimensions.
The fundamental form of reality is not reducible to purely material substance, vegetative substance, or animal substance — it is something essentially new and irreducible. It is ontologically prior to the First Dimension: the First Dimension presupposes the fundamental form of reality, not the other way around (cf. Bexten 2017, pp. 178–192).
Ontological classification:
- Subordinate concepts: Dimension of the Fundamental Form of Reality
Ontological relations:
- is ontologically prior to: First Dimension
- is not reducible to: Purely Material Substance, Animal Substance, Vegetative Substance
Chapter assignment: Chapter 4: Personhood
Citations: Bexten 2017, pp. 231–244 (the form of reality of human personhood and its three dimensions).
Further sources:
- Conrad-Martius, H.: Das Sein (1957). Munich: Kösel. (German) (Hypokeimenal pneumatic being as a foundational concept)
Sources: Generated by querying the Personhood ontology.
See also
Dimension of the Fundamental Form of Reality, First Dimension, Second Dimension, Third Dimension, Personhood, Person, Spiritual Substance, Form of Reality (German), Prote Energeia, Hedwig Conrad-Martius