Philosophy 3006F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Atomism, Substance Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 3006F/G
• Professor: J. Ponesse

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Talking about common characteristics as well as unique characteristics of things. If (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es, the(cid:374) (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)(cid:455) se(cid:272)o(cid:374)da(cid:396)(cid:455) su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es. There is no motion unless something moves (motion = kind of change) There is no change unless something undergoes the change. There would be no change in the world without subjects: a man becomes musical, an unmusical thing becomes musical, an unmusical man becomes musical. These three things should be synonymous: always reference to something that underlies the change (subject, must be present before and after the change (essential to a subject changing) 2 types of change: alte(cid:396)atio(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:862)(cid:395)ualified (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g-to-(cid:271)e(cid:863)(cid:895, changing something about itself, be(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:862)u(cid:374)(cid:395)ualified (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g-to-(cid:271)e(cid:863)(cid:895, substance x just comes to be. I. e. , a child is born: substantial change, some stuff changing into a substance, creation of a new substance. The subject also comes to be from a substratum: by change of shape, by addition, by taking away, by putting together, by alteration.