Here is a major choice point: is the soul part of the whole substance (the human person or organism) or not? What does it mean for something to be part of some whole? Or, equivalently, what does it mean for something to be a whole composed of certain parts? I propose the following necessary conditionContinue reading “Two Models of The Soul”
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Master Argument for Prime Matter
Some kind of individuator is required in every conceivable world by Aristotelian realism, whenever there are two or more members of an infima species. Given the isotropy of space, spatially symmetrical universes are conceivable. Spatially symmetrical material substances are conceivable. Given 2 and 3, there are conceivable worlds in which there are multiple parts ofContinue reading “Master Argument for Prime Matter”
