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Chapter 10 - The Puzzle of the Soul’s Divisibility

from Part IV - Earlier Theories and Two Psychological Puzzles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2019

Jason W. Carter
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University of Edinburgh
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In Chapter 10, I show how Aristotle attempts to make an empirical advance over the Platonic theory that the soul has determinate spatial-parts in the body. What Aristotle takes over from this theory, I argue, is that the soul has ‘parts’ which exercise powers within the body, but these parts cannot be understood as spatial-parts. Aristotle’s investigation of this puzzle results in the discovery that, while the soul does not have a determinate spatial structure, it does have a metaphysical structure. These discussions, I claim, place a positive constraint on him to adopt the Part-Hood Thesis.
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Aristotle on Earlier Greek Psychology
The Science of Soul
, pp. 206 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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