On Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 27 Nov 2018, at 20:21, Brent Meeker <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > What is this "primary matter" of which you speak? > > > > X is Primary means basically that we have to assume X (or something judged > enough equivalent). > > The idea of primary matter is the (physicalist) idea that we have to > assume a bit of physics, to get the physical law. It is used by people who > dislike the idea that matter might be explained without assuming anything > physical. > > > > My understanding of "primary matter" is that it is what matter (hyle) is before it meets form, hence *hylomorphism *[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylomorphism ].
Thomas Aquinas thought (from what I've read) that matter is that which gives forms individual instances, or "character", like individual trees, or people, etc. > > > > molecules? > > > Assuming contemporary chemistry, molecules are explained by quarks and > electrons, and quantum mechanics. > Why are there so many articles today that claim to refute this? [ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262307/ ] [ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/historical-contingency-and-the-futility-of-reductionism-why-chemistry-and-biology-is-not-physics/ ] - pt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
