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Re: SUO: Im/material Ir/reverence




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>pat hayes wrote:
> >
> > > Chris Partridge wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Chris [Menzel],
> > > >
> > > > I was not intending to suggest that there
> > > > should be an axiomatisation of immateriality
> > > > (or space) in the 'holes theory'.  Merely that its
> > > > 'dependence' on immateriality should be noted somehow.
> > > > I think we both agree that the upper ontology should
> > > > contain the material/immaterial distinction
> > > > (if it is going to be anywhere).
> > >
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> > > Chrises,
> > >
> > > Is this im/material distinction the same
> > > as Aristotle's "form/matter" distinction?
> > >
> >
> > Interjection by Pat:
> >
> > Probably not.  But why did you ask?
> > What would depend on the answer?
>
>Oh, My Soul.
>
<SNIP>

> > So consider the following "Alignments of Capacities"
> > as you read Aristotle's text:
> >

Jon, you miss my point. I have absolutely no intention of ever 
reading Aristotle. What would be the point of reading the thoughts of 
someone who lived before people knew any science? And as for souls, I 
havn't believed in those since the age of 4.

Pat Hayes

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