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Philosophy / Atomism and unactualized actualizer
« on: October 16, 2020, 09:42:54 am »
Hello,
What's a good argument against atomism? I mean, sure, we have the potential-actual distinction, but if we look at it through the lens of atoms, everything can be studied as small particles moving (with a discretization of space if needed), and we have ample evidence of "things moving". Atoms are unchanging in themselves (partially actual?), and voilą... No need for an unactualized actualizer.
I fail to see how I can refute that. Help? What do I have wrong?
Thanks in advance.
tiCatho
What's a good argument against atomism? I mean, sure, we have the potential-actual distinction, but if we look at it through the lens of atoms, everything can be studied as small particles moving (with a discretization of space if needed), and we have ample evidence of "things moving". Atoms are unchanging in themselves (partially actual?), and voilą... No need for an unactualized actualizer.
I fail to see how I can refute that. Help? What do I have wrong?
Thanks in advance.
tiCatho