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23Aristotle's Unified Soul: The Figure-Soul Analogy and Its ContextJournal of the History of Philosophy 61 (4): 533-558. 2023.abstract: I provide a novel interpretation of Aristotle's account of the unity of soul, treating it as resolving the apparent incompatibility of the existence of psychic parts and the soul's status as a unifying form. This incompatibility, I contend, rests on a problematic assumption: mereological actualism, or the claim that parts are actually distinct and prior to the whole. Aristotle successfully undermines actualism and formulates an alternative conception of parthood within De Anima 's figu…Read more
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University of North Carolina, Chapel HillProgram for Public Discourse
Department of PhilosophyTeaching Assistant Professor
APA Central Division
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Aristotle |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Philosophy of Film |
Moral Psychology |