Thomistic “Monism” vs. Cartesian “Dualism”
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Dieser Artikel kontrastiert die thomistischen und cartesianischen Antworten auf die Frage, worin die substantielle Einheit von Körper und Geist bestehen kann. Eine detaillierte Diskussion der thomistischen Theorie der substantiellen Einheit von Körper und Geist identifiziert insbesondere solche Prinzipien des vorausgesetzten hylomorphistischen metaphysischen Hintergrunds dieser Theorie, die Descartes aufgab. Im Anschluss an eine Argumentation für die Widerspruchsfreiheit der thomistischen Theorie wird kurz skizziert, wie bestimmte Entwicklungen der spätmittelalterlichen Scholastik den Weg für das Aufgeben gerade dieser Prinzipien vorbereiteten. Schließlich wird gezeigt, warum aus der Perspektive der im ersten Teil herausgestellten thomistischen Prinzipien Descartes wie jemand erscheinen muss, der lediglich Lippenbekenntnisse zu der These der substantiellen Einheit von Körper und Geist abgibt.
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