LessonsOrigination of Accidents and Substances: Premises, Objections and RepliesQuiz

أنه لو كان كل جسم في حيز لزم عدم تناهي الأجسام
A criticism argues that requiring every body to be in a place, under one definition, might entail an endless series of containing bodies.

A philosophical account can define place through the inner surface of a surrounding body. One can then ask what surrounds that body, and so on. If the definition is applied without qualification, a regress seems to arise.

The response depends on the meaning assigned to “place.” An implication derived from one technical definition cannot automatically be imposed on a rival definition.

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Fourth objection: what counts as a place?

Origination of Accidents and Substances: Premises, Objections and Replies

أنه لو كان كل جسم في حيز لزم عدم تناهي الأجسام
A criticism argues that requiring every body to be in a place, under one definition, might entail an endless series of containing bodies.

A philosophical account can define place through the inner surface of a surrounding body. One can then ask what surrounds that body, and so on. If the definition is applied without qualification, a regress seems to arise.

The response depends on the meaning assigned to “place.” An implication derived from one technical definition cannot automatically be imposed on a rival definition.