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Peter van Inwagen. Materialism, Free Will and God [Münster Lectures in Philosophy], 2018
Van Inwagen proposes that besides simples only living organisms exist as composite objects. This ... more Van Inwagen proposes that besides simples only living organisms exist as composite objects. This paper suggests to expand van Inwagen's ontology by also accepting composite objects in the case that physical bonding occurs (plus some extra conditions). Such objects are not living organisms but physical bodies. They include (approximately) the complete realm of inanimate ordinary objects, like rocks and tables, as well as inanimate scientific objects, like atoms and molecules , the latter filling the ontological gap between simples and organisms in van Inwagen's original picture. We thus propose a compositional pluralism claiming that composition arises if and only if bonding or life occurs.
Peter van Inwagen. Materialism, Free Will and God [Münster Lectures in Philosophy], 2018
Van Inwagen proposes that besides simples only living organisms exist as composite objects. This ... more Van Inwagen proposes that besides simples only living organisms exist as composite objects. This paper suggests to expand van Inwagen's ontology by also accepting composite objects in the case that physical bonding occurs (plus some extra conditions). Such objects are not living organisms but physical bodies. They include (approximately) the complete realm of inanimate ordinary objects, like rocks and tables, as well as inanimate scientific objects, like atoms and molecules , the latter filling the ontological gap between simples and organisms in van Inwagen's original picture. We thus propose a compositional pluralism claiming that composition arises if and only if bonding or life occurs.